According to a study of adolescents ages 11-15 as reported in the April issue of the American Psychological Association’s Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology a prime cause of slowing metabolism leading to obesity is (drum roll and the envelope please) --radical dieting measures such as purging, taking laxatives and skipping meals.
And where does this information get reported in the media? On the evening news? No - a news service in Islamabad!
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Of course tr his isn't the only overseas reporting of news you don't get from American sources. The same week Irish news services reported that the Journal of the American Dietetic Association was reporting similar findings.
'The study found that adolescents with unhealthy weight control behaviors were three times more likely to be overweight five years later. Furthermore, they were also at an increased risk of developing eating disorders, involving out-of-control binge eating, self-induced vomiting and the use of diet pills, laxatives and diuretics."
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Informed physicians are aware of these reports - but commercial media receives huge advertising dollars from the weight loss industry. Could there be a connection? Naw - enough of conspiracy theories! But these items do confirm what many of us have known for sdome time.
And where does this information get reported in the media? On the evening news? No - a news service in Islamabad!
Read it here
Of course tr his isn't the only overseas reporting of news you don't get from American sources. The same week Irish news services reported that the Journal of the American Dietetic Association was reporting similar findings.
'The study found that adolescents with unhealthy weight control behaviors were three times more likely to be overweight five years later. Furthermore, they were also at an increased risk of developing eating disorders, involving out-of-control binge eating, self-induced vomiting and the use of diet pills, laxatives and diuretics."
Read the story here
Informed physicians are aware of these reports - but commercial media receives huge advertising dollars from the weight loss industry. Could there be a connection? Naw - enough of conspiracy theories! But these items do confirm what many of us have known for sdome time.