tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906005.post111339390545745395..comments2023-10-10T08:11:09.422-04:00Comments on SPARKGRASS.COMmunity: Pop Science: Why Adolescent Girls Become ObeseUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906005.post-1113441289901867782005-04-13T21:14:00.000-04:002005-04-13T21:14:00.000-04:00I think Matt's point is not to underestimate the e...I think Matt's point is not to underestimate the effect of emotion on weight, but rather to point out that, in a girl who is depressed, we should be a lot more worried about her depression than whether she gains weight or not.Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01821420867311588899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6906005.post-1113440548002690592005-04-13T21:02:00.000-04:002005-04-13T21:02:00.000-04:00Don't underestimate the importance of emotions to ...Don't underestimate the importance of emotions to weight gain in girls - HUGE numbers of women comfort-eat. I'm not just talking about the need for ice cream and chocolate after break-ups. Most of these girls using laxatives and diuretics are doing so because they feel awful about the way they look, so they take these extreme measures look better, but they don't get immediate results so they end up eating more to try to forget the girl they see in the mirror. And of course they won't report those calories in the study, because they're too ashamed to admit it even to an anonymous survey. If girls are depressed, no diet and excercise plan is ever going to make them lose weight by itself. Their weight will only improve when they can look in the mirror and say "hey, you're worth all this work I'm going through, and you WILL look better because of it." Unless women believe that they deserve to look beautiful and healthy, they will never ever manage to look that way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com