Shocker! Dieting Girls Short on Nutrients
Posted by anastasia on 06-28-2004
According to a new study published in the June issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association, “Many adolescent girls try to control their weight in ways that may leave them deficient in calcium, iron and other essential nutrients.”
More from the study:
The study of more than 4,100 students at Minnesota middle schools and high schools found that 57 percent of girls were using at least one unhealthy approach to weight loss, such as fasting, skipping meals, smoking, or using laxatives, diet pills or diuretics.
What’s more, compared with their peers who weren’t trying to control their weight, girls who were ate fewer fruits, vegetables and grains, and had lower intakes of calcium, iron and several vitamins. In general, the girls had poorer diets compared with girls who weren’t trying to control their weight and those who were using healthy means, such as increasing fruit and vegetable intake, cutting down on sweets, and exercising.
Doesn’t surprise me. Just depresses me.
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