Normally, dieting is considered a short cut to lose weight but in reality, it may do just the opposite by gaining your weight. It sounds somewhat strange but in reality, this is the truth-the bitter truth.
This bitter truth sprang out during an analysis by the U.S. scientists. In this analysis, researchers at the University of Minnesota analyzed the results of surveys conducted among teenagers from 1999 to 2004 to know how far studies stating that dieting lead to weight gain are true. During this analysis Neumark-Sztainer and her colleagues interviewed about 2,516 teens in 1999 and again five years later. At the earlier time point, 56 percent of girls reported dieting while 25 percent of boys said they had dieted at least once.
Five years later, female dieters were less likely to eat breakfast and were more likely to binge eat, and they had gained 0.69 more body mass index (BMI) points than their non-dieting classmates. Boys who dieted were more likely to binge eat, spent less time engaging in moderate to vigorous physical activity, and put on .77 more BMI points than boys who didn’t try to control their weight by dieting.
In this analysis researchers found that a big percentage of adolescents following dieting route to lose weight, indulged in binge eating by decreasing their breakfast consumption. In addition, fruit and vegetable intake of these adolescents also came down when compared to adolescents not following dieting route in order to lose weight. Throwing light on the core findings of this study Professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer said:
Dieting might lead to weight gain among adolescents, in part because of ‘the long-term adoption of behavioral patterns that are counterproductive to weight management.’
Further, she asserted strongly:
We really want to discourage teenagers from dieting.
Message given by Professor Dianne Neumark-Sztainer is plausible, since several studies conducted earlier have also harped upon the same string because there are many side effects associated with dieting, which one ought to know. Therefore, the best way that remains to lose weight is restricted diet along with regular physical workout consisting of cycling, jogging, aerobics, brisk walking, etc. Know how dieting and Slimming obsession is playing havoc with the health of the common people:-
� Slimming Obsession Hitting Pre-teens Hard
� Dieting Kills Weight...and Bones Too!
� Your Constant Craving for Food May Turn You out a Food Junky
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Via: Post Chronicle
