Thin Diet
The so-called thin diet has been described many times, but the truth is that the thin diet is not a diet at all. What is the thin diet? It can be anything, really, most of the time it is something that makes you, well, thin.
Usually, when people talk about the thin diet, they talk about calorie-shifting or counting calories, healthy food choices and things of that nature. But I bet you had no idea that the thin diet has a digital component to it. What am I talking about it? Here is the deal.
Did you know that wide-screen TVs make actresses look wider, too? And that may affect viewers in surprising ways. Chronic dieters felt worse about their bodies – and snacked less on chips and M&Ms – while viewing a wide-screen version of a surfer-girl film than they did with a standard format.
The thin diet and images Images linked with body fat can trigger self-consciousness in dieters; that may be why the wide screen made them eat less, say Doeschka J. Anschiitz and her team at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands.
The thin diet and women: What to watch for But for women who did not tend to monitor food intake, a wider screen seemed to make them feel more comfortable about their bodies – and about eating more. [source: Allure]
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