We've used smaller plates at for years. The fact is, when you have a regular size portion on the humongous plates that are the rage these days, well, it looks paltry. Deprivation sets in immediately.
I thought this t by nutritionist colleagues was great in showing the difference a plate -- and bowl -- makes.
This brings me to a recent discussion we had on our board about . The question was whether was inherently depriving.
My answer: It's all in how you use it. We recommend using portion size information to help us get started. Sometimes when we're trying to eat well, we actually underfeed ourselves. Then that leads to overeating most of the time. If we start with standard portion sizes, then use our hunger cues () to help us decide if it's too much, if it's just right as it is, or whether we need more, then portion size information can be a useful tool. If we use it as a limit -- 'that's all we can have' -- then obviously, it has great potential to become deprivative.
Commonly thought of as a diet technique, portion size information, like other 'diet techniques,' can be made into an tool with the right attitude.
AP - A jury found against Notre Dame football coach Charlie Weis on Tuesday in his malpractice lawsuit against two doctors he claimed botched his care after he had gastric bypass surgery five years ago.
I’ve been hiking a bit more as of late in an effort to get outdoors. I use to walk, run and hike a lot, but not so much this past year. One thing I’d forgotten is how long it takes to . Oye, the blisters! In the last few weeks I’ve treated a blister on every toe.
Blisters are the worst, because they usually don’t occur until you’re half way through your walk or run and realize the journey home is really gonna hurt! I swear it would be easier to hobble home on a sprained ankle than trying to deal with just one tiny blister on your toe!
So, I thought as a favor to myself and some of our readers, I’d provide some tips on , as well as what to do when you have a blister in the middle of a work out and what to do when you get home.
Here are some tips:
Sources: and
*note: tips from users on these websites are not recommended.
Were you ever as a child and had to endure the inevitable onslaught of teasing from other children? 'Sticks and stones', right? Well, not so fast. A new study released shows how weight-based discrimination against children has a powerful impact on young people's quality of life, and self-esteem.
"The stigmatization directed at obese children by their peers, parents, educators and others is pervasive and often unrelenting," researchers with Yale University and the University of Hawaii at Manatoa wrote in the July issue of Psychological Bulletin. The paper was based on a review of all research on youth weight bias over the past 40 years, said lead author Rebecca M. Puhl of Yale's Rudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity.
"The quality of life for kids who are obese is comparable to the quality of life of kids who have cancer," Puhl said. "These kids are facing stigma from everywhere they look in society, whether it's media, school or at home."
Racism, antisemitism, sexism: these are all prejudices that society now combats openly, but this report demonstrates how the bias against overweight kids is socially accepted, hardly ever challenged and often overlooked. Surprisingly, even parents often regard and treat their own children negatively. Several studies showed that overweight girls got less college financial support from their parents than average weight girls. Other studies showed teasing by parents was common.
"It is possible that parents may take out their frustration, anger and guilt on their overweight child by adopting stigmatizing attitudes and behavior, such as making critical and negative comments toward their child," the authors wrote, suggesting further research is needed.
Stereotypes of obese children are blatant and widespread in today's society. "Mean, stupid, ugly and sloppy" are some of the negative adjectives that children - even as young as three year old - have used to describe overweight peers. And, in a 1999 study of 115 middle and high school teachers, 20 percent said they believed obese people are untidy, less likely to succeed and more emotional.
The Yale-Hawaii research cites evidence that overweight adults face discrimination and calls for more research be conducted to see whether negative stereotypes lead to discriminatory behavior against children as well. It also recommends finding ways to reduce stigma and negative attitudes.
"Weight-based discrimination is as important a problem as racial discrimination or discrimination against children with physical disabilities," the report concludes. "Remedying it needs to be taken equally seriously..."
We live in a world where adults berate and punish themselves and each other openly for being overweight. Is it any wonder so many smart, attractive and capable women and men are driven by fear into desperate , , , or other ? I'm sure you'll agree that it's high time we take the weight of this stigma off everyone's shoulders, but the reality is, until enough grown ups repudiate these external and internal attitudes, 'fat' will remain a powerful and debilitating label for ourselves and our kids.
HealthDay - FRIDAY, July 20 (HealthDay News) -- A low-carbohydrate diet helps
people with a condition called metabolic syndrome, a collection of serious
risk factors found in some obese individuals.
When we think we're dealing with , a published in the International Journal of Obesity suggests we're really just craving calories. But not just any source of calories...something that has a lot of them. We're hungry, and we want something to satisfy. As we all know, that's usually not a carrot stick.
The study was part of a larger one that looked at various effects of energy restriction. It found that while 91% of people report food cravings normally, the figure rose to 94% when dieting. I'm surprised. I would have thought it might be closer to 100% when dieting.
Another finding: People who gave in to their cravings less frequently lost more weight. Duh.
And another: In the release, one of the researchers says "What is commonly called carbohydrate addiction should probably be relabeled as calorie addiction." Addiction? I'd say everyone is addicted to calories, whether we label them as a craving or not! We can't live without them.
On first reading this release, I didn't know whether to celebrate or laugh. It's great to see evidence supporting what we've long observed at Green Mountain at Fox Run. When participants report food cravings, we encourage them to examine their cravings, and determine whether they are the result of hunger rather than some undeniable urge to eat a specific food. We've found that when we eat regularly and don't get too hungry (part of ), food cravings aren't really such a problem.
But the way the other findings are reported is discouraging. Rather than questioning whether dieting is an appropriate undertaking, the researchers just say that we need to 'give in' less frequently to the cravings (or actually, they're talking about giving in less frequently to the hunger) to get where we want to go with the diets. So we're back to the old willpower bit.
And to call hunger a calorie addiction! Do I need to say more?
To make matters even worse, this work was paid for by our taxes.
This is one that is often requested at the women's retreat, Green Mountain at Fox. It adds a light and refreshing taste to many salads, but here it is paired with a mixed green salad topped with fresh berries and orange sections. The goat cheese slices rolled in chopped pecans makes it even heartier. Enjoy!
(Make 1/2 cup dressing)
1/2 cup fresh cut-up strawberries 1 tablespoon white wine vinegar 1 tablespoon fresh squeezed orange juice 1 tablespoon canola oil 1 teaspoon honey Dash of salt
Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth.
Note: If fresh strawberries aren’t available, frozen will work well, too.
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Reuters - If people keep gaining weight at the
current rate, fat will be the norm by 2015, with 75 percent of
U.S. adults overweight and 41 percent obese, U.S. researchers
predicted on Wednesday.
Were you ever as a child and had to endure the inevitable onslaught of teasing from other children? 'Sticks and stones', right? Well, not so fast. A new study released shows how weight-based discrimination against children has a powerful impact on young people's quality of life, and self-esteem. 