| Dietitians to lead food tours
Southwest Piedmont Dietetic Association is sponsoring "Healthy Eating is in Store for You," a series of nutrition education grocery store tours at local Food Lion stores. Tours will be conducted by registered dietitians and cover various topics. Each tour will last 45 minutes to an hour. Participants will receive recipe booklets, goody bags and nutrition and fitness information. Each session is free and registration is required, 704-922-2110. Scheduled tours include: • Doing Dairy Everyday: 6 p.m. March 1, Food Lion 2015 Union Road, Gastonia; 10 a.m. March 2, Food Lion, Dallas-Cherryville Highway, Dallas. Presented by: Linda Minges of the N.C. Cooperative Extension. • Making Sense of Sodium: 1 p.m.
Fashion industry weighs up curb on rake figures
AUSTRALIAN fashion industry leaders will hold a forum to discuss the question of underweight models, and may impose a minimum body mass index similar to the one introduced for Madrid Fashion Week late last year. Zoe Edquist, the general manager of the Australian Fashion Council, acknowledged yesterday that she did not know whether eating disorders were a problem in Australian fashion, but recent international controversy had prompted the council to act. "It's definitely on our radar because it's become an issue internationally," Ms Edquist said. "We are getting the major industry players together in March or April to find out what their opinions are." The forum will include representatives from the Australian Medical Association and the Equal Opportunity Commission, and the imposition of a minimum weight requirement was "definitely on the cards", she said.
Quick fix diets: the good, bad and ugly
The holidays are over which means the sugar cookies are gone, the ham has been devoured, and you're thinking someone has played a cruel joke on you and moved the button over on your favorite jeans because you just can't seem to get them to fit right. A new year is here, which comes with a New Year's resolution for most people. After staring at the empty Christmas pie pan for awhile an obvious resolution comes to your mind: lose weight.
According to about.com, the top two and three resolutions for 2007 are losing weight and getting into shape. It's no secret gym memberships shoot up in January as people take the first step in sticking to their New Year's resolution of getting healthier. But not everyone who wants to get into shape buys a gym membership and starts pounding away on the treadmill.
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