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Mike
Carruthers:
As you likely know, losing weight and staying fit can be a difficult
challenge.
Howard Eisenson
M.D. :
Most people have a biological susceptibility to becoming overweight
if they are in a weight-promoting environment - and that's the
environment we live in today. Food is everywhere, it's inexpensive,
it's not just available but it's promoted.
Dr. Howard Eisenson,
Program Director of the Duke University Diet & Fitness Center
and co-author of the book The
Duke Diet…
People do what
comes naturally. People don't tend to exert themselves when
they don't have to, people don't tend to forego tasty treats
when they're there in front of them. And it seems to be human
nature to respond to the short-term reward. If I eat this cupcake
now I'll feel good right now - so, there's a number of reasons
behaviorally, biologically that we have this problem.
A big part of
the problem, says Dr. Eisenson, is how over-size meals are considered
normal.
Restaurant servings
tend to be much larger than is consistent with good health.
I was recently traveling in Europe and I was struck that I didn't
see that. You stop at a sandwich shop and you have a modestly-sized
sandwich and there was no option for super-sizing it - it wasn't
automatic that french fries that came with the sandwich. What
people seem to buy most often with the sandwich was a bottle
of water. And I think that phenomenon is troublesome - the fact
that we snack so often. The fact that everywhere you go, convenience
stores, gas stations, whatever - food is near the cash register.
It's almost encouraging us to consume constantly.
Tomorrow, what
it takes to be fit - I'm Mike Carruthers and that's Something
You Should Know.
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