PSYC 471 Lecture Notes - Eileen Barton, High-Protein Diet, Sexual Dysfunction
19 Nov 2012
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Three quarters of us are probably sensitive about our weight. Losing weight is not difficult, the problem is keeping the weight off. What are the costs/benefits of repeated attempts to lose weight. What"s a healthy approach to losing/maintaining weight. Weight and exercise are always on her mind. She was skinny as a child and didn"t think about exercise or eating. When she went to college, she was warned about the freshman fifteen. She gained sixty pounds in first year, and so she decided to fast, a high protein diet, blah blah blah. she kept regaining her weight. She"s overly concerned with weight, she spends too much time thinking about it. however, people don"t think that anymore, they think that it"s something that we all need to do. 78% of adult american women are focussed on their weight, as well as 64% of men. Average american woman weights 152lbs and the average ideal weight is 124lbs.
