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| Chick lit can make you feel fat, says study Posted: 06 Feb 2013 07:59 AM PST  Still from 'Bridget Jones' Diary' with Renee Zellweger ©Miramax. All Rights Reserved. Researchers from Virginia Tech in the US analyzed "the effect of protagonist body weight and body esteem on female readers' body esteem" in a study published in the journal Body Image. Their conclusions: all that weight-obsessed neurosis should be cause for concern among scholars and health officials, reported The Guardian. To reach their conclusions, the team took passages from two popular novels where the characters had "healthy body weights" but low self-esteem: Emily Giffin's "Something Borrowed" and Laura Jensen Walker's "Dreaming in Black and White." Then they replaced the passages with nine different versions in which descriptions of the heroine's body size and weight were altered, making her heavier or thinner, as well as varying her attitudes about her shape. Students then read the passages while rating their own attractiveness. Subjects said they felt "significantly" less sexually attractive when they read about a slim character, and significantly more worried about their own weight when reading about a protagonist with low self-esteem. A recent Texas A&M University study found that while media is often the target for promoting body image issues among girls, peer influence - a girl's group of friends - may play a bigger role. — AFP-Relaxnews |
| Wall Street dips amid lack of fresh incentives Posted: 06 Feb 2013 07:53 AM PST NEW YORK, Feb 6 — US stocks opened lower on Wednesday as investors found few fresh trading incentives to keep pushing equities higher following a 1-per cent rally in the previous session that lifted the S&P 500 to five-year highs. The Dow Jones industrial average was down 43.12 points, or 0.31 percent, at 13,936.18. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index was down 4.41 points, or 0.29 percent, at 1,506.88. The Nasdaq Composite Index was down 11.43 points, or 0.36 percent, at 3,160.15. — Reuters |
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