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Source:Wall Street Journal
How reality TV preys upon desperation
By Martin Binks (director of behavioral health and research director at Duke University’s Diet & Fitness Center)
As the new season of NBC’s “The Biggest Loser” unfolds this week, ask yourself this: Would I want to watch my loved one — who struggles daily with the physical, mental and emotional ramifications of a life-threatening illness — treated this way? The program, which capitalizes on one of the country’s fastest-growing epidemics, is the latest example of how the sideshow mentality and sensationalistic abuse of reality television has gone too far. [continue reading…]
GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Starting to diet seems to double the odds a teenage girl will begin smoking, a University of Florida study has found.
UF researchers, who analyzed the dieting and smoking practices of 8,000 adolescents, did not find the same link in boys, who were also less likely than girls to diet, according to findings to be released Friday in the American Journal of Health Promotion. [continue reading…]
