Explain The Fuss To Me
This story about 83% of college-age women being "obsessed with dieting" is making the rounds. Somehow I can't seem to get all that worked up about it, though.
"44 percent of the women having normal weight reported that they consciously curbed their urge to eat, while 57 percent of the overweight and 5 percent of obese women reported doing so. 32 percent of them skipped breakfast, while 9 percent resorted to smoking. 58 percent said that they felt pressure to maintain a certain weight by media or friends."
Later in the article, one of the researchers is surprised that the weight-control behaviors don't show up more in the overweight women than in the normal weight women. Doesn't it just mean that all the women, regardless of their size, are trying to control their weight with diet and exercise? And "consciously curb[ing] their urge to eat" could mean anything. Like sometimes I consciously pass up the free donuts that appear in the teacher's lounge. Isn't this relatively normal?
"44 percent of the women having normal weight reported that they consciously curbed their urge to eat, while 57 percent of the overweight and 5 percent of obese women reported doing so. 32 percent of them skipped breakfast, while 9 percent resorted to smoking. 58 percent said that they felt pressure to maintain a certain weight by media or friends."
Later in the article, one of the researchers is surprised that the weight-control behaviors don't show up more in the overweight women than in the normal weight women. Doesn't it just mean that all the women, regardless of their size, are trying to control their weight with diet and exercise? And "consciously curb[ing] their urge to eat" could mean anything. Like sometimes I consciously pass up the free donuts that appear in the teacher's lounge. Isn't this relatively normal?
posted by mo pie at 8:34 PM
4 Comments:
I had to laugh when I read the part about the researchers being surprised that the urge to control eating does not show up in the overweight women. HELLO, if I could control my urge to eat, I wouldn't be FAT! Clue, anyone? Love your blog.
I know, I had the same response. I'm like, "Er... okay. Doesn't this... make sense?"
I would say that if portion management, et cetera, has become second nature to you, then you're no longer consciously curbing the urge. But yeah, it doesn't make a whole lot of sense.
True story: my friend works in the writing center here at my college. Today a girl came in for a required tutoring session for a paper. Her thesis? "People would rather be anorexic than obese."
The tutor who ended up helping her? After the girl left, he did a full-body shudder and just stuttered in disbelief.
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