Fact or fiction?My mom refuses to have a scale in our house. She says it's for my own good. Is she right? Mom knows best. A recent University of Minnesota (body, education) University of Minnesota - The home of Gopher. http://umn.edu/. Address: Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. study discovered that teen girls who frequently hop on Verb 1. hop on - get up on the back of; "mount a horse" bestride, climb on, jump on, mount up, get on, mount move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" a scale are more likely to develop unhealthy weight-control habits like skipping meals, binge eating Binge eating A pattern of eating marked by episodes of rapid consumption of large amounts of food; usually food that is high in calories. Mentioned in: Anorexia Nervosa , using diet pills and laxatives Laxatives Definition Laxatives are products that promote bowel movements. Purpose Laxatives are used to treat constipation—the passage of small amounts of hard, dry stools, usually fewer than three times a week. , and vomiting. Focusing on a number on the scale is pointless since weight is supposed to change during your teens. Instead, researchers urge you to have a healthy lifestyle. So how about scaling back on weighing yourself? |
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