'Watch Your Weight'

Watch Your Weight

By Dietician at 07/21/08 17:28

I once again stumble a magazine article yesterday discussing about reasons why you have to watch your weight. It got my attention I know the author is not used to making such articles. The title of it was "More Than One Reason To Watch Your Weight" by Beth Day Romulo and published in Manila Bulletin's Sunday Panorama Magazine.

The author recall many years ago about a pamphlet that is very popular in the United States about gaining the healthy weight and living a healthy life. The pamphlet's title was "The New American Plate; Meals for a Healthy Weight and a Healthy Life". I was a bit shock when I learn that this pamphlet is actually proposing recipes that not are for short-term use. It is suggesting recipes that will become part of your regular day, a recipe that will be eaten on a regular basis, food that will be part of your "way of life".

Though that pamphlet was widely available throughout United States, it unfortunately failed to serve its purpose. Years after it was release, United States is still under the epidemic state of obesity that was declared in the 1980s. Obesity still makes a good portion of the health problem for adults and children.

Obesity have long been a problem in many parts of the world. Almost 50% of cases of obesity are found outside United States, and alarmingly the other 50% is obviously in the US, a pretty big percentage for a single country. Many blame technology for the increasing incidence of obesity. New technologies are teaching people to be lazy, stay in their house all day and just face the TV or the computer. Some people blame the increasing number of fast food stores that offer high calorie foods. But I say, there's nothing or no on to be blame than yourself.

Japan have recently passed a national law stating that all companies must check their employees waistline that are aged 40-70. This is part of their annual checkup programs. The ironic part is, Japan is doing this when their are actually one of the country with the lowest incidence of obesity. I just wish this idea from them can inspire other countries to do this too.

Dietician is spelled dietitian.

See Wikipedia on that issue: Spelling of Dietician and Dietitian

American Heritage Dictionary - from dictionary.com: di·e·ti·tian or di·e·ti·cian: A person specializing in dietetics.

Now, another interesting resource on this topic is British, Canadian and American Spelling.

They list:

• British English: dietician*, dietitian
• Canadian English: dietitian*, dietician
• American English: dietician, dietitian

* The most commonly used spelling, where applicable, is marked with an asterisk

There you have it (or not). I don't think the author should be condemned for "bad spelling"!

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