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THE narrative surrounding depression and mental health issues is steadily changing.More and more people are sharing their stories surrounding their mental health, which helps to break many of the myths surrounding depression and other mental health illnesses.

Age-old stereotypes have often surrounded mental health illnesses, particularly depression; that happy, successful people couldnt possibly be depressed; that only adverse life events like bereavement or money issues cause depression; that depression isnt a real illness; and that people who are depressed are mentally weak.

Jennifer Barry is best known for her role as Siobhn Walsh in The Young Offenders. The 19-year-old actress lives in Kilbrittain and has been involved in amateur dramatics since she was a little girl.

Aged 16, she began working on sitcom. To the outside world, her life seemed perfect. But Jennifer was battling with depression.

She said: People created in their heads a perfect life for me. But, thats not the case. I have a brilliant life and I am very happy now but, last year, it didnt feel like the perfect life. It was a really horrible way of living. It got so bad that I didnt want to live.

Last year, Jennifers mental health started to deteriorate. She started to lose weight. She didnt want to get out of bed in the morning and stopped going to school for a while.

It got to the point where I needed serious help. It was a proper illness.

Without getting help, she says, she wouldnt have survived.

She knew something wasnt right because she had a panic attack at school. She also didnt want to celebrate her 18th birthday and had no interest in marking this milestone with friends and family. After having a panic attack at school, her parents helped her find a counsellor to talk to.

I didnt take notice of the early signs. My advice to young people is that as soon as you notice that something isnt quite right, get it checked.

She started taking medication, as well as attending psychotherapy sessions. She also found that talking to others really helped in her recovery, as well as exercising regularly and eating a well-balanced diet and getting enough sleep.

As a result of her experiences, Jennifer is keen to become an advocate for mental health, in particular the mental health and wellbeing of teens.

This month she started a blog, called Jen Bs Journey, dealing with mental health and self-care topics with plans for a podcast in future. As well as that, she is taking part in Teen Talk; Gen Z.

Teen Talk; Gen Z are events coordinated by Cork County Council, dealing with issues affecting teenagers. The events aim to support teenagers, parents and teachers as they navigate the teenage years together, promoting effective communication between teenagers and adults, as well as providing information on resources available to teenagers to help them with challenging and troubling issues.

Guest speakers include Mindfulness Coach Graham McCormack; Winner of 2019 Special Forces Hell week, Grace ORourke; Performance Psychologist, Gerry Hussey, and it is hosted by Virgin TV broadcaster Elaine Crowley, from Cork.

Jennifer will share her personal health struggles at the events and explain how she overcame them. She said she wanted to become involved in Teen Talk because talking saves lives.

I struggled with depression. After going through that, I think that people who are going through it as well feel that the best way to open up about it is to hear other people talk about it.

I dont have depression anymore. But I do suffer from anxiety at the moment. I struggle with anxiety on a daily basis. That is something that I am learning to deal with. I am getting help for that. Its not something that goes away straight away. It takes a long time but if you keep believing that you will get better and work with it, then things will get better.

When someone feels they are struggling with low mood, depression or anxiety, picking the low hanging fruit, such as eating healthily, getting enough sleep, or going out for a walk, can be the first steps towards recovering. Jennifer said she made sure to do these things for herself, as well as getting professional help.

Getting off your phone and spending more time with friends also helps but its so important to seek help from a professional and talk through things if you can.

Thankfully, words like mindfulness, wellbeing and self-care are becoming regular in our societys vocabulary, a huge shift from years gone by when talking about ones mental health was a taboo subject.

The more people talk about it, the better, said Jennifer.

We have to take care of ourselves and our mental health. The world is changing and there is a lot of pressure on young people.

The more we talk about it, the less of a problem it will be because people will know how to get help and people will be able to help each other.

It is a great move forward that the dialogue surrounding mental illness and mental health issues has changed. More and more young people are willing to engage in an open and honest dialogue about mental health challenges and practical things they can do to ensure they look after their mental health and wellbeing.

Parents and adults can help young people deal with mental health issues by listening more. Jennifer thinks that adults should engage more in conversations with teenagers about the topic of mental health and really listen, not just say things like, get off your phone and youll be grand. They should open up more to us and we can then open up more to them.

She said: When you hear older people saying this was never a problem in my day, it almost makes you feel guilty. You start to wonder whats wrong with you and why you are thinking the way you do.

Visibility of young peoples lives via social media is a factor that requires discussion in relation to teenage mental health. This will be addressed during the Teen Talk; Gen Z seminars.

Jennifer said: Social media can be great. It is a great way to connect with people and a great way to learn new things but you have to make sure you are safe online. You have to be careful about what you say to others and what you say about yourself online. If you read a bad comment about yourself, it can knock you over. People would never say things to your face but they feel comfortable saying things online.

We cant just blame social media for this [mental health issues amongst teenagers] but it is a contributor.

Jennifer offers the following advice to teenagers who are worried about their mental health,

Talk to anyone, to your parents, your friends, your family, to your neighbour. Go to your GP straight away if you feel that somethings not right.

Open up. Dont let it bottle up inside you because the more you bottle things up, the worse its going to get.

As to what the future holds for Jennifer a third series of The Young Offenders is on the way; its already been filmed. Shes currently enjoying lots of auditions and planning on going to study at UCC next year.

Teen Talk places can be reserved free of charge through EventBrite (GenZ). Events take place on Thursday, March 26 in Charleville; Tuesday, March 31 in Little Island; and Thursday, April 2, in Bantry. All events are coordinated by Cork County Council and funded by Healthy Ireland through the Local Community Development Committees and Pobal.

If you have been affected by the issues raised in this article, call the Samaritans on their free confidential 24/7 helpline on 116-123. You can email j o @ s a m a r i t a n s . i e

Or contact Pieta House National Suicide Helpline on 1800 247 247 or text HELP to 51444.

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Throughout my teenage years, I consistently noticed that mainstream media was filled with women who were smaller than my thigh. Being young and extremely naive, I considered this to be the normal appearance of women, even though the women in my life were all average-sized. I assumed that as society grew and as influencers of all shapes, sizes and genders became a part of mainstream media, the continuous pressure of being a certain size would dissipate. I was extremely wrong.

TikTok, an online video sharing app, has fostered hundreds of trends and is considered a critical marketing space for most companies due to its constant production of viral videos and stars. One of those trends appears to be videos about weight loss and self-improvement. The trend shows what creators eat in a day, usually adding calorie amounts and nutritional facts as titles in the videos.

Some videos include workout plans or fad diets and their short-term benefits. These videos seem innocent even the comments are filled with positivity but as I scrolled through the weight loss tag, I noticed calorie counts becoming smaller and workouts becoming more intense. I also noticed most of the weight loss creators were teenage girls some as young as 12.

It reminded me of another popular social media website, Tumblr. Known for its underground eating disorder community, users turned eating disorders into aesthetics and wrote food diaries that encouraged others to eat less and showed how to binge correctly. While these TikTok videos are not blatantly bullying others to eat less, they are creating a mindset for teenagers that eating fewer than 1,000 calories is a safe way to lose weight, when it most certainly is not.

The apps also influenced others to participate in fad diets that help to shred weight fast, such as the cabbage soup diet, where one only eats cabbage soup for seven days. Fad diets work so well because theyre short-term and cause the body to have a calorie deficit, forcing the body to get fuel from other sources, like fat.

The problem is that people see the results of eating so little and see how much weight someone drops so quickly that they believe its an OK way to do it. They become so desperate to look like the thin influencers they see on their screens that they dont realize the internal damage thats occurring. They dont realize that after their body has eaten all of its fat tissue, it begins to eat muscle. The heart, the most important organ, is, in fact, a giant muscle, and while the body needs it to survive, it will eat it.

Blythe Baird wrote a poem called When The Fat Girl Gets Skinny. One specific line has stuck with me for a while now: If you develop an eating disorder when you are already thin to begin with, you go to the hospital. If you develop an eating disorder when you are not thin to begin with, you are a success story. It reminds me that when people see someones eating disorder story, they dont always see it as a dangerous disease. Instead, they see it as their latest fad diet.

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Its human nature to admire our friends big endeavors. When a friend parachutes from a plane, competes on The Voice or endures an Iron Man triathlon, we salute them.

Those flashy feats often garner more attention than the long, steady work it takes to lose weight. But Monica and Cody Manjarrez dont need applause to feel great satisfaction from their accomplishments.

In the three years the East County couple has been on WW (formerly Weight Watchers), Cody has lost more than 50 pounds and Monica is nearing a 90-pound weight loss.

Its not as dramatic as jumping out of a plane, but it wasnt drama they were going for.

Monica was in the program for about a week or two, and I saw her get into everything WW was suggesting, Cody recalled. I saw that it seemed healthy and suitable. She was losing weight but was still enjoying life no crazy or drastic changes so I decided to join up. It was a great decision.

Last September, WW announced its new name as well as its new program, myWW. While keeping its focus on helping people lose weight, it has been rebranded as a health and wellness company. Oprah Winfrey, a board member and shareholder of WW, has been touting the more holistic and personalized approach.

With myWW, clients are matched to a color-coded plan that fits them best, according to their food preferences, activity level, lifestyle and approach to weight loss.

Cody likes chickpeas, brown rice and lentils, while Monica is fond of french fries and fast food.

We love our programs, said Monica, a hairstylist at Salon Thrive in Santee. Im on green, and Cody is on purple. We view food differently, and our needs are met through our different programs.

On green, Im able to eat out multiple times a week, have fast food and still lose weight. I didnt have to do extreme change. Im still able to eat out, enjoy life and lose weight at the same time.

Each option requires a different number of WWs SmartPoints, which represent the number of calories, protein, sugar and saturated fat in any food item. Foods with more of the not-so-healthy stuff carry more SmartPoints.

The ZeroPoints list includes nutritious foods that are not weighed, measured or tracked. Each color plan green, blue (previously Freestyle) and purple adds up those numbers according to a members eating style.

In addition to food consumption, myWW recognizes the importance of physical activities. A client can earn FitPoints by doing everything from running and resistance training to such exercises-in-disguise as gardening or housecleaning.

And myWW has a new app to keep track of all of it.

Monica and Cody Manjarrez before they started the WW program together.

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Cody, who is in the U.S. Navy, said that the color-coded options help accommodate the couples different schedules and lifestyles. His practice in Krav Maga and other martial arts, which he had started before WW, require more fuel. On the purple plan, he tried foods like nutrition-rich sweet potatoes and quinoa and now eats them regularly.

Its really easy having the WW app on your phone, Monica said. It tells you the points for the serving size. By using the app, you know how much you can eat.

Cody explained that the WW app has a scanner and tracker to record your food consumption.

You have all this food to choose from; it helps you choose what portions work best, he said. Another tool I like is Connect, a social media where you can find people involved in the same plan and activities you are.

Cody and Monica, who married in October 2018, have seen an uptick in their activity and confidence levels.

We gained a new life of being able to be more positive about who we are, Monica said. We can step out of our comfort zone and do things that wed never done before.

We both picked up roller skating, said Cody, who is now teaching a Krav Maga class. Its super fun. Monica is training for roller derby. And we do a lot more traveling. You lose the weight and become the person you were meant to be.

A BMI (Body mass index) of 25 to 29.9 = overweight.

A BMI of 30 or more = obese.

Percent of Americans age 20 and over who have obesity: 39.8

Percent of Americans age 20 and over who are overweight: 31.8

Men are more likely than women to be overweight.

Women are more likely than men to have obesity.

Women, non-Hispanic black adults and low-income adults who make less than $50,000 per year are most at risk for severe obesity (BMI of 40 or higher).

According to a 2019 study, by 2030 nearly one in two adults will have severe obesity.

Sources: National Center for Health Statistics (2016); New England Journal of Medicine (December 2019); National Institutes of Health

Wood is a San Diego freelance writer.

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WHEN you're tired and run down, grabbing a sugar hit or quick snack to boost your energy makes sense.

But, in lots of cases our favourite treats are likely to make you feel worse than before you scoffed them down.

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On top of this they're also likely to hinder your weight loss journey - and have you reaching for more unhealthy snacks.

Here, top dietitian Susie Burrell has revealedsome of the most common 'energy' foods, and why they may not be so energising after all...

Most of us are quick to reach for a cup of coffee if we need a quick pick-me-up or energy hit.

That's because caffeine is a known performance enhancer - with its benefitsknown to last for 30-60 minutes post consumption.

However, Susie emphasises that coffee will only give you a boost in the short-term - and you'll soon see your energy plummet again within an hour.

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"The issue with using large amounts of coffee and caffeine to help boost our energy levels is that the effect is short term," she writes in her blog Shape Me.

"This will be particularly evident if you enjoy your coffee with plenty of extra sugars via syrups, added sugar or honey which too will contribute to a subsequent drop in energy 60-90 minutes later."

On top of this, we recently revealed that drinking coffee could be adding 15,000 calories to your diet a month.

Many people pick a diet soft drink like Pepsi Max thinking it will be a healthier option compared to regular soft drinks.

Despite this, Susie says they can actually stop you losing weight - and will leave you feeling tired and lethargic.

Susie warns: "The biggest issue with consuming diet soft drinks when you are tired is that pretty quickly the body realises that you have not given it the sugar it is actually looking for, leaving you feeling tired and lethargic once again an hour after drinking it."

Other than fulfilling your cravings, fast food has no benefits nutritionally or when it comes to giving you an energy boost.

"Fried fast foods burgers, fries, pizza, chicken and meal deals are packed with fats, sugars and plenty of salt," Susie says.

Fried fast foods are packed with fats, sugars and plenty of salt

"The combination leaves you vulnerable to fluid retention, a shift of blood flow to the digestive system thanks to the heavy calorie load of the meal and high intake of saturated fat which results in reduced blood flow round the body.

"This means that there is nothing energising other than an initial sugar hit in any fast food."

We're all guilty of diving in the biscuit tin as our energy levels drop near the end of the day.

However, Susie is urging people to stay well away from the custard creams and hobnobs if you're watching your waistline.

She says: "The mix of white flour, hydrogenated fats and sugars that are easily consumed daily with a few cups of tea or coffee but which offer little nutritionally.

"The refined flour and sugar sends blood glucose levels soaring which is in turn coupled with a sharp decline within the hour.

"Such an ingredient combination also plays havoc with our insulin levels over time.

"Insulin is the hormone involved in fat storage in the body and high levels over time leave us vulnerable to fatigue and low energy levels."

Many people believe energy drinks are the way to go when you need a pick-me-up - but think again.

Susie says they actually have very little to offer unless you are an elite athlete.

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"With 30-45g or six to nine teaspoons of sugar per bottle along with various vitamins and stimulants not only are these drinks packed full of empty calories but any energy hit is likely to only be of benefit for 30-60 minutes," Susie adds.

Bagels may look pretty innocent, but nutritionally there are not many positives.

"Packed full of refined carbs giving it a high GI, a standard bagel can contain as many carbs as four slices of bread," Susie says.

"And that is before you consider any high sugar or high fat toppings.

"Great if you are about to run a marathon, not so good if you are sitting at your desk all morning."

They may only take two minutes in the microwave but the impact they have on your waistline may last a lifetime, according to Susie.

NHS tips for weight loss success

The NHS has shared their three key tips for weight loss success:

Lots of useat and drink more than we realise and do little physical activity. The result is often weight gain.

To lose weight, we need to change our current habits. Thismeans eating less even when eating ahealthy, balanced diet and getting more active.

Fad dietsand exercise regimes that result in rapid weight loss are unlikely to work for long, because these kinds of lifestyle changes can't be maintained.

Once you stop the regime, you're likely to return to old habits and regain weight.

Source:NHS

She says: "Not only do two minute noodles contain as much processed carbohydrate as four to six slices of bread but the cheeky sachet of flavouring is not only likely to contain MSG (621) but also your entire daily upper limit of sodium (salt).

"The effect of this is significant fluid retention leading to bloating, discomfort and fatigue an hour or two after consumption."

We all love munching on Haribo in the afternoon to give us a much-needed energy boost.

However, the jelly sweets can not only cause an energy drop - but will also lead to weight gain.

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"With a single jelly snake containing almost two teaspoons of sugar, imagine the huge amount of sugar in an entire packet of any type of lolly," Susie says.

"When the body is exposed to a large amount of sugar in a single setting, our insulin levels sky rocket followed by a subsequent drop.

"The other issue with regularly eating lollies is that it is virtually impossible to stop eating them which means you can consume 100+ grams of sugar in a single setting."

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The expert said that can make it difficult to lose weight and how to fix it

When you begin to lose weight, the body begins to resist, in the beginning you can lose large amounts of weight without much effort, but at some point the weight may stop or go very very slow. Nutritionist Olga Usenko told on the page in Instagram, what could be causing this and what to do in such a situation, reports the Chronicle.info with reference to RBC.

Top 10 reasons why youre not losing weight:1. ANALYZE ONLY THE WEIGHT ON THE SCALES

Weight is not the main figure, and he may not change due to the different nuances, but the body will lose fat. For example: the growth of the muscles is also a weight that is replaced; hormonal fluctuations and this water retention in the body; changes in the number of food in the diet. For an objective understanding you need to measure yourself and take pictures in the mirror.2. NO CONTROL OF DIET

Eating food by eye may not work in case when you need to lose weight.The most correct solution to keep a food diary or follow a PRESCRIBED PROGRAM.

3. SKEWED PFC and to a greater extent PROTEIN

If you undereat protein, that is, the likelihood that you overeat fat and carbs. The diet should be 25-30% protein. It can boost metabolism and can significantly reduce cravings and desire to eat. This is partly due to the influence of protein hormones that regulate appetite such as ghrelin, for instance.4. EAT MORE CALORIES than you need

It is very easy to overeat even a proper food, although many do not think so.

5. THE QUALITY OF THE PRODUCTS

Try to eat more whole foods and try to eat more products of a one-component.6. STRENGTH TRAINING

Strength training prevents loss of muscle mass often associated with weight loss, and helps maintain long-lasting fat loss.

7. CARDIO

Do cardio regularly. It helps to burn fat and lose weight permanently.8. A BAD DREAM

Good sleep is one of the most important factors for physical and mental health and is an important factor for weight loss.

9. FREQUENT MEALS

You should have 3-4 meals, smaller meals 5-6 meals can give a surplus of calories.

See also: Debunked popular myths about the coronavirus10. DRINK A LOT OF ALCOHOL AND DO NOT DRINK CLEAN WATER

Everything is logical, but sometimes we forget about the fact that alcohol is also a calorie. And forget about the fact that alcohol triggers the eating of more food.

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During the First Ladies marathon on Saturday, it was easy to notice the increased weight gain on President Uhuru Kenyatta.

Weight gain is something that can be controlled.

Below are the 10 things that Uhuru can do to reduce weight and win marathons in future

Like many Kenyans, President Uhuru Kenyatta loves enjoying his nyama choma. In order to lose weight, it is advisable to reduce the intake of red meat and increase white meat intake.

Alcohol slows down the body functions in how it is broken down hence it is not advisable to consume alcohol in moderation. In order to lose weight, it is advisable to drink more water and less alcohol.

To experience weight loss it is advisable to work out at least 3 or for times in a week. One can start with as little as 20 minutes and increase the time span as he/she gets used to the workouts.

He can do cardio such as rope skipping, jogging etc, he can also include weight lifting.

Getting enough sleep is often undermined. It is, however, good to rest well to give the body time to rejuvenate.

Drinkingwatercan help you eat less and lose weight, especially if you drink it before a meal.

This includes soda, carbonated drinks, energy drinks and carton juices. Instead, one can make their own fresh juices at home or simply make smoothies.

Eat a heavy-on-protein breakfast every day.

Avoid bacon, hash browns, wheat products, sausage and other deep-fried food. You can indulge once in a while.

Eating a good breakfast helps you control your hunger [pangs throughout the day.

He can indulge in snacks such as yoghurt, nuts, apples among others.

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A person burns calories continually throughout the day in order to sustain basic life functions, such as breathing, circulation, and digestion. Basal metabolic rate is an estimate of the minimum number of calories a person needs each day to maintain these functions at a resting state.

Keep reading for more information on what basal metabolic rate is, how it is related to resting metabolic rate, and more.

Basal metabolic rate (BMR) estimates the minimum number of calories a person needs to burn to sustain their basic life functions during a 24-hour period of rest. Examples of such functions include:

People often use the terms BMR and RMR interchangeably. However, the two tests differ slightly in what they estimate and what the test involves.

The BMR estimates the minimum number of calories a person needs each day to sustain their basic life functions should they rest for the entire 24 hours of a day. However, to get an accurate estimate, a person must undergo monitoring in a clinical setting under tightly controlled conditions. These include:

The RMR estimates the number of calories a person burns during a period of inactivity. People do not need to fast or rest for an extended period in a controlled environment to get an estimate. Because the testing conditions of measuring the RMR are less stringent than those required to measure the BMR, the RMR may be slightly less accurate than the BMR.

BMR calculations involve analyzing the amount of oxygen and carbon dioxide a person breathes in and out. Experts refer to this analysis as calorimetry. It is a way of measuring the number of calories a persons body is using.

BMR also takes into account a persons:

According to the American Council on Exercise (ACE), people rarely use BMR outside of clinical settings because the test must take place in a tightly controlled environment under stringent testing parameters. As a result, it is unlikely that a person could accurately calculate their BMR at home.

As a simpler alternative, people can try calculating their RMR. This technique will still estimate the number of calories a persons body burns at rest but is much less restrictive

The ACE provide two equations that people can use to calculate their RMR: the Revised Harris-Benedict BMR equation, and the Mifflin-St Jeor equation. Both provide a separate estimate for men and women.

To calculate RMR, a person can plug the following values into the relevant sections of their chosen equation:

We outline the two equations below.

Revised Harris-Benedict BMR equation

Mifflin-St Jeor equation

According to the ACE, the Mifflin-St Jeor equation is more accurate than the Revised Harris-Benedict BMR equation.

Katch-McArdle and Cunningham equations

A more athletic person may get a more accurate estimate using an equation that takes into account their lean body mass. Examples include the Cunningham equation, which estimates RMR, and the Katch-McArdle equation, which estimates BMR.

Online RMR calculators

People can also calculate their RMR using an online calculator, such as the one provided by ACE, here.

Both BMR and RMR indicate the number of calories a person burns at rest. This information could be helpful for a person who is trying to manage their weight.

If a person is trying to lose weight, calculating their BMR or RMR could help them figure out how many calories to cut out each day. In some cases, this may mean consuming only enough calories to support essential life functions.

Alternatively, if a person wants to gain weight, they could use their BMR or RMR calculation to work out how many extra calories to consume each day.

The total number of calories necessary to sustain basic life functions varies from person to person. Some factors that can influence a persons calorie requirements include their:

The U.S. Dietary Guidelines for 2015-2020 provides the following general guidelines on daily calorie intake for men and women:

The guidelines indicate that as a person ages, their BMR will generally decrease. This means that they will require fewer calories than when they were younger.

The number of calories a person may need is also partly dependent on a persons activity levels. In general, a less active person will need fewer calories than a person who exercises regularly.

There are several factors involved in calculating a persons BMR and RMR. Of these factors, the only two that a person can potentially change are their body composition and their weight.

A person can, therefore, alter their BMR and RMR by decreasing weight from fat and increasing lean muscle mass. To achieve this, a person can try the following:

BMR estimates the minimum calories a person needs in order to sustain their basic life functions during a state of rest. A person can only receive an accurate BMR estimate in a well-controlled clinical setting.

RMR also estimates how many calories a person burns at rest. The testing requirements for estimating RMR are less strict than those for BMR.

Both BMR and RMR estimates may be helpful for people who are trying to manage their weight. They can indicate how many calories a person should be consuming daily to achieve their weight goals.

Equations and online calculators can give a reasonable estimate of RMR. However, people should visit their healthcare provider if they are searching for more accurate results.

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The main takeaway and perhaps the only true insight to be gained from Miriams Big Fat Adventure, a two-part documentary, in which the actor and Great British Institution Miriam Margolyes set out to anatomise cultural attitudes to fatness and the rise of the body-positivity movement, comes in the opening minutes. Im happy with who I am, says Margolyes. Im happy with my face, Im happy with my life. I am disgusted with my body. I loathe it. If I could migrate the whole of my personality and face on to another body, Id be delighted.

It is a better indication than anything that follows of the depths of the tyranny of thinness. If this 78-year-old iconoclast and hogshead of talent squeezed into a pint pot has been unable to avoid internalising the absurd yet absurdly endemic social prejudice harboured against the carrying of excess fat, what chance do any of us have?

The programme suffered from the same problem faced by Kathy Burkes similar series All Woman last year. Both squandered the gift of having a warm, intelligent and unusually direct presenter (though, unexpectedly, Margolyes seemed to pull her punches slightly throughout both more than you thought she would and more than Burke did) by never really pulling it all together into any kind of overarching critique. Both women excel at drawing out stories from interviewees and commenting thereafter, but their programmes fail to create a sense of the systemic problems at work.

Margolyes started off with a visit to a health farm-cum-bootcamp run by ex-marine Craig and his wife Paula. Paula was one of the many people Margolyes met who associate their mental health problems (current or past) with their size and weight, though in this first episode at least the link between the two (correlation? causal? in which direction?) was barely addressed. Similarly, despite a plethora of decades-old remembered slights and comments often during adolescence that cut to the quick, the question of how much social attitudes aggravate the problem once it is established was never properly pursued. The segment where a psychologist researched the matter (which included one of his volunteers walking around town in a fat suit and returning to say nothing of any import whatsoever) was banal in the extreme.

One camp attendee a habitual binge-eater at home described the benefit of the place and its controlled environment as enabling residents to realise what your body actually needs. This was, effectively, a point about living in a modern, obesogenic environment and, indirectly, about who is responsible for creating and now for dismantling/resisting that. Do we follow the money and blame the (processed) food, sugar, corn syrup industries or the government and its regulations of these areas? Or does responsibility and culpability only ever lie with individuals and how much willpower they can or cannot muster in the face of temptation?

Which was a point or points surely worth picking up on. Especially later, when Margolyes was in conversation with body-positive activists who tend, amid valid denunciations of the cultural politics of being fat and the way fat people are treated, not to be able to deal so effectively with the scientific evidence of the physical ill-effects of obesity. The question of whether we can admit there is such a thing as a healthy weight (ie one that enables rather than hinders the smooth functioning of vital organs and allows the full range of bodily movement you might reasonably expect to deploy in an average day), while also rejecting the notion than anyone should be shamed, was not fully considered, as we teleported between ideas without ever tracing the possible routes between them.

But it was, at least, effective testimony to the Herculean task before anyone unhappy with their size in 2020. This was largely down to Margolyess honesty about her own feelings and experiences, and the time she spent talking to fellow camp attendees and the loved ones affected by their weight and/or disordered eating. Georgias mother in particular symbolised the grief and helplessness felt by anyone who has to watch someone they love behave in ways that make them unhappy but which are beyond external control. And, ultimately, there was a clear message: whether you learn to lose weight or to accept it, modern times, modern supermarkets and modern culture are not there to help.

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In Oligarchy, Thomass tenth adult novel, the illness in question is anorexia. The protagonist, Natasha, a Russian plutocrats daughter, enrolls at a posh British boarding school where thinness equals social currency. Thomas establishes this dynamic swiftly, using teenage bluntness to maximum effect. (Your thighs should not touch each other anywhere, one classmate tells Natasha curtly.) Natashas instinct is to associate fatness with power, but seeking acceptance, she acquiesces to her peers secret and weird starvation diets. Oddly, their headmaster, Dr. Moone, encourages this behavior, accelerating the students transformation into, as Natasha puts it, hungry ghosts.

Slowly, Thomas turns her characters collective diet obsession into a source of warped female solidarity, which makes for a strangely destabilized reading experience. As the girls mirror and control one another, their adolescent cruelty gives way to mutual protectiveness. The point of view begins sliding among them, as if they share one consciousness. These shifts are crucial to the plots advancement; through the perspective of one of Natashas peers, readers learn that, when alone with his favorite students, Dr. Moone expounds on his theory of asthenics, where bodies must be lean, breastless, taut. He is slowly convincing the studentsand worse, getting them to convince one anotherthat physical frailty is a worthy goal.

Oligarchy uses the familiar phenomena of adolescent copycatting and boarding-school insularity to cannilyand eerilycreate a world that feels women-focused but proves to be the reverse. Outside fiction, misogyny and thin privilegeto borrow a term popularized by the writer Cora Harringtonhave a comparable, if more diffuse, effect. For girls and women, thinness comes with a measure of social acceptance that often serves as an incentive to lose weight, even if that process is arduous, time-consuming, expensive, or dangerous. In Oligarchy, too, bodily control seems to bring the girls closer to power. But more often, it distracts them, or stands in their way.

Oligarchy is deeply concerned with male control of womens minds and bodies, but it puts the body first. The Illness Lesson takes the opposite approach. For Beams and her protagonist, intellectual lifeand, ultimately, intellectual freedomis paramount. Caroline has spent her whole life as the protg of her philosopher father, Samuel, and depends on him for affection and purpose. Finding no place for a female thinker in 1800s Massachusetts, she retreats into Samuels world. When he decides that they should start an experimental girls school, Caroline takes issue with his pedagogical insistence that the soul does not have a sex, but caves to her father and teaches his way.

Beams treats her novels central relationship as an opportunity to explore the pitfalls of female allegiance to patriarchy. Trained in what Cusk calls masculine values, Caroline struggles with female friendship and becomes oddly competitive with her most assertive student, Eliza, around whom the girls begin to unite. Samuel is delighted by his students growing harmony, referring to them as one body, but Caroline finds their desire to mimic one another threatening.

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With longer hours, commutes, as well as shift work, not all of us are sitting down to eat dinner at 6pm.

For many of us, dinner has become later and later, however according to the experts there are certain foods that should be avoided after a certain point in the evening if you're looking to lose a few pounds.

Sleep is an essential element for weight loss. So it's crucial to avoid caffeine before bed, which could mess with your sleeping pattern. That means steering clear of coffee, fizzy drinks and other stimulants for eight hours before you plan on heading to bed.

While there is nothing wrong with adding some spice to your diet, eating it too late at night can cause bloating, heartburn and indigestion.

Meat is a great source of protein, which is essential for weight loss. However, red meat is also high in fat, meaning it digests slowly. Eating a burger or steak late at night can cause bloating or stomach pains as your body works into the wee hours to break it down, which can interfere with sleep.

That biscuit with your tea or bar of chocolate might seem like the ideal nightime treat, but it could also cause your blood sugar levels to spike just before bed, which could make it difficult to fall asleep. Plus the peaks and falls in your blood sugar level, lead to you craving more snacks to get another hit, leading you to overeat and gain weight.

Yes, toast is the ultimate comfort food, and a pretty easy supper, but it's definitely one to avoid late in the evening due to it's high glycaemic index (GI) content. ood with a high GI can make your sugar and insulin levels spike, leaving you tired and hungry, and again prone to overeat as your body craves more.

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