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Obsessed: America's Food Addiction

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by Mika Brzezinski


  CHAPTER EIGHT: IT’S WHAT YOU EAT, AND HOW YOU EAT IT

  1. “Low Carb or Low Fat Diet? The Harvard Health Letter Investigates the Debate,” Harvard Health Publications, July 2004.

  2. “Study Compares Year-long Effectiveness of Four Weight-loss Plans,” Research Spotlight, National Institutes of Health, March 2007.

  CHAPTER NINE: IT’S HOW YOU MOVE

  1. More “Fit Facts” about eating and workout plans can be found at http://www.acefitness.org/fitness-fact/13/Weight-Management/.

  2. Healthy People 2020, US Dept of Health and Human Services, Office of Disease Prevention; Health Promotion, November 2010, download at www.healthypeople.gov.

  3. “Physical Activity Guidelines for Americans,” US Dept of Health and Human Services, download at www.health.gov.

  4. Yonas Geda et al., “Aerobic Exercise May Reduce the Risk of Dementia,” Mayo Clinic Proceedings, September 2011.

  5. M. Rosenkilde et al., “Body Fat Loss and Compensatory Mechanisms in Response to Different Doses of Aerobic Exercise—A Randomized Controlled Trial in Overweight Sedentary Males,” American Journal of Physiology, September 2012.

  6. J. Lennert Veerman et al., “Television Viewing Time and Reduced Life Expectancy: A Life Table Analysis,” British Journal of Sports Medicine, August 2011.

  7. “Cutting Daily Sitting Time to Under 3 Hours Might Extend Life by 2 Years; Watching TV for Less Than 2 Hours a Day Might Add Extra 1.4 Years,” Pennington BioMedical Research Center press release, July 10, 2012.

  CHAPTER TEN: LEADING THE CONVERSATION

  1. Tara Parker-Pope, “Are Most People in Denial about their Weight?,” New York Times, April 18, 2012.

  2. Mara Vitolins et al., “Medical Schools Fall Short on Teaching Students about Obesity,” Teaching and Learning in Medicine, July 2012.

  3. David L. Katz, “Putting Physical Activity Where It Fits in the School Day: Preliminary Results of the ABC (Activity Bursts in the Classroom) for Fitness Program,” Preventing Chronic Disease, July 2010.

  4. “Seven Most Business Friendly Cities,” CNN Money, June 11, 2012.

  5. “Ten Fat Law Suits (including 2 threatened ones) Have Been Successful—While One is Still Pending,” http://banzhaf.net/suefat.html.

  CHAPTER ELEVEN: TEACH YOUR CHILDREN WELL

  1. Deborah Kotz, “Limits on sugary drinks backed by research,” Boston Globe, September 21, 2012.

  2. Ibid.

  3. Amber J. Hammons et al., “Shared Family Meals Seem to Operate as a Protective Factor for Overweight, Unhealthy Eating, and Disordered Eating,” Pediatrics, May 2011. “The Importance of Family Dinners VII,” National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, June 2012.

  INDEX

  ABC for Fitness, 190

  Action on Smoking and Health, 199

  Addiction to foods, 7–8, 27, 92–100, 106, 115

  All Things at Once (Brzezinski), 226

  American Council on Exercise, 168

  Aniston, Jennifer, 183

  Annual Congressional Dinner of the Washington Press Foundation, 21

  Anorexia, 29, 116, 119

  Appearance/thinness and US culture, 2, 10–11, 14, 117, 126, 141, 142, 182–183, 206, 216

  Atkins Diet, 71–72, 114, 157

  Atkins, Robert C., 71–72

  Avatars and exercise, 173

  Ayds (Candy Diet), 68

  Banzhaf, John, 199–201

  Bariatric surgery

  costs, 78

  description/side effects, 76–78

  Barkley, Charles, 164–166

  Barnett, Jamie, 52–53, 187–188

  Barnicle, Mike, 15

  Barreca, Gina, 140

  Bertinelli, Valerie, 65

  Bittman, Mark, 198

  Bloomberg, Michael, 83, 193–194

  Body Heat (film), 141

  Body mass index (BMI), 48, 49

  Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater (Bruni), 113

  Bratman, Steve, 119

  Brinkley, Christie, 183

  Bruni, Frank

  eating disorders story, 113–116

  healthy foods/eating, 156

  on obesity crisis, 86–87

  Brzezinski, Mika

  brothers (Mark and Ian), 22, 23, 26

  CBS firing, 138

  childhood family walks, 218–219

  comparing herself to family members, 26, 121

  daughter’s (Carlie) birth, 12, 55–56, 58–60

  daughters (Emilie and Carlie), 4, 59, 209, 210, 211, 219, 222–224, 226, 228

  early career, 30–33

  exercise and, 26, 28–29, 39, 168–170

  father (Zbigniew), 22, 23, 24, 26, 60, 225–226

  friendship with Diane, 12–13, 32–33, 55–60, 139

  husband (Jim), 30, 55, 58, 59, 61, 110, 111, 209, 210, 211, 219

  mother (Emilie), 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 225–226

  sensory disability, 25

  See also Morning Joe

  Brzezinski, Mika and food

  academics and, 25–26, 121, 169

  addiction to foods, 7–8, 27, 96–97

  as adult/ongoing problems, 5, 6–8, 39, 116–117

  becoming healthy, 34–37

  binges, 5, 8, 22, 27–30, 97, 109

  binges on Morning Joe road trips, 97, 109

  bulimia and, 28

  challenge to/talk with Diane, 13–19, 57–58, 60–62, 64–66, 78–79, 118, 226–227

  childhood family and, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27

  childhood/high school, 3, 22–26, 209

  college, 27–30

  daughters/husband and, 209, 210, 211, 219

  Diane’s challenge to, 18–19, 40, 116, 117, 118, 125–127, 226

  diet changes needed, 123–125

  diet description, 122–123

  early career and, 31–32, 33–37

  Laura’s house/junk food, 24

  meeting with NBC vice president/effects, 33–37

  Nutella/Ambien incident, 5, 110–111

  orthorexia nervosa, 118–119

  reaction from others, 1–2, 14–15, 21–22

  rewards for being thin, 117

  running and, 26, 28–29, 168–169

  “set point” weight and, 125, 126

  thoughts and, 136–139, 148

  Versailles, 30

  when exhausted, 138

  work with Margo Maine, 118–122

  Bulimia, 28, 29, 113–114, 116

  Bush, George W., 48, 114–115

  Cabbage Soup Diet, 69

  Caffeine, 93–94

  Cambridge Diet, 69

  Cancer and diet/lack of exercise, 9, 104, 106, 169

  Candy Diet (Ayds), 68

  Cantley, Lewis, 106

  Cardozo Journal of Law & Gender, 41

  Carter, Jimmy, 26

  Caveman (Paleo) Diet, 157–158

  Cawley, John, 41

  CBS News Up to the Minute, 31–32

  CBS This Morning, 88, 143

  Cha, Virginia, 31, 40

  Charles Barkley Foundation, 166

  Children and healthy weight/food attitudes

  family exercise/activities, 218–219

  family meals/cooking together, 209, 211–213

  junk food and, 207–208, 210–211

  Mika’s daughters/husband and, 209, 210, 211, 219

  parents as behavior models, 207, 208–209, 215

  parents’ responsibilities, 207, 208–219

  tips on conversations, 220–221 (fig.)

  Cholesterol, 51, 76, 104, 105

  Christie, Chris, 46, 47, 83, 94

  Clinton, Chelsea, 176

  CORE club, NYC, 170

  Cornett, Mick, 191–193

  Cosmopolitan, 145–146, 153, 182, 183–184

  Crawford, Cindy, 183

  Cuomo, Margaret, 9

  Curb Your Enthusiasm, 44, 147

  D’Angelo, Charles, 160

  Dash magazine, 213

  Deutsch, Donny, 42–44, 195

 
DeVito, Andy, 130, 131, 132, 135, 178

  Diabetes, 48–49, 51, 62, 76, 78, 104, 133–134, 169

  Diet Myths That Keep Us Fat (Snyderman), 50

  Eating disorders

  children and, 8–9

  focus on weight/food, 116

  rehab centers and, 29–30

  See also specific disorders; specific individuals

  Eating strategies

  dieting vs. change, 151, 153–154

  individual differences and, 153

  “serial dieting,” 153

  sleep and, 152

  timing of eating and, 155–156

  what/how you eat, 149–167

  whole foods and, 90, 134, 152–153, 164, 166, 197

  See also specific individuals

  Elaine Powers Figure Salon, 72

  Emanuel, Ezekiel, 91, 94, 102, 184, 197, 201, 203

  End of Overeating, The (Kessler), 101

  Ephron, Nora

  background, 149–159, 156–157

  on food, 149–151, 157, 167, 224

  Erlacher, Laura Eakin

  Mika and, 23–25, 30

  Versailles and, 30

  Essman, Susie, 44, 147–148, 157–158, 225

  Exercise

  amount, 171–172

  depression and, 171

  dieting without, 168, 174

  discipline and, 177

  health benefits, 168, 171

  incorporating into daily life, 171, 178–179

  metabolism and, 168

  Mika as “exercise bulimic,” 168–169

  overview, 168–179

  perceived barriers, 177–178

  schoolchildren and, 9, 84, 188, 189–190

  sitting dangers, 178–179

  time needed to develop habit, 172–173

  tools to track activity, 173–174

  Exorcist, The film/steps, 169

  Eyewitness News, 31

  Farley, Thomas, 86

  Fat Boy, Thin Man (Prager), 95–96

  Fat in diet

  feeling full and, 119–120

  Mika and, 119–120, 124, 138

  sugar vs., 103–104

  Fen-phen, 74–75

  Fitbit, 173–174

  “Food deserts,” 197–198, 204

  Fox, Jesse, 173

  Friends (television series), 183

  Fructose, 104–105, 106

  Fructose, high-fructose corn syrup, 103, 105

  Garcia, Lorena, 189, 212–213

  Gearhardt, Ashley, 92–94, 97–99

  Gebo, Sue, 123–124, 224

  Geist, Willie, 15

  Geyer, Cynthia, 152

  Gillibrand, Kirsten/family, 162, 163, 197–198, 213–214

  Glamour magazine survey, 44

  Graduate, The (play), 141

  Grapefruit (Hollywood) Diet, 68–69

  Habit development time, 172–173

  Harris, Jean, 69

  Hartford Courant newspaper, 94

  Harvard Health Letter, 157

  Healthy Foods Financing Initiative, 197–198

  Healthy People 2020 report, 169, 177

  Hefner, Christie, 154, 158, 175, 225

  Holland, Joshua, 170, 174, 177–178

  Hollywood (Grapefruit) Diet, 68–69

  Home Page, 37

  Hudson, Jennifer, 65, 146–147, 158–159, 162–163

  I Shouldn’t Be Telling You This: Success Secrets Every Gutsy Girl Should Know (White), 182

  Insulin, 69, 71, 76, 103, 106, 152, 159–160

  Kass, Sam, 52

  Katz, David

  food access, 85, 87, 89, 91–92

  NuVal System, 186

  solutions to weight problems, 107, 139, 153, 184–185, 186, 189–190

  weight problems/unhealthy foods and, 102, 182, 207–208

  Kennedy, John F., 50

  Kessler, David A., 101

  King, Gayle, 88, 143–145, 225

  Kirchhoff, David

  exercise and, 172, 173

  Man Meets Scale blog, 172

  weight loss issues and, 101, 154, 155, 166

  weight problems and, 92, 101

  Knowing Your Value (Brzezinski), 10, 11, 40, 226

  Lady Gaga, 176

  Lakshmi, Padma, 163–164

  Lane, Thomas, 134

  Lean Cuisine, 69

  Licht, Chris, 96, 139

  Lots to Lose: How America’s Health and Obesity Crisis Threatens Our Economic Future report, 48

  Lustig, Robert, 103–105, 194–195, 196, 198–199

  Mad Men (television series), 176

  Madonna, 170

  Maine, Margo

  children and food/weight issues, 211–212, 215, 216, 220–221 (fig.)

  Mika/food issues, 11, 118–122, 125, 138–139, 215, 224

  Mayo Clinic, 49, 171

  McCaskill, Claire

  weight loss story, 159–161, 162

  on weight/Mika, 21

  weight problems effects and, 49, 85, 154–155, 195–196

  Men’s Fitness, 191, 193

  Mission: Readiness, 52, 84, 187

  Morning Joe

  description, 11, 15, 180

  hosts/guests, 15, 40, 42–43, 83, 88, 91, 96, 97, 148, 161, 169, 195

  Mika discussing weight/food issues, 13, 15, 139

  Murphy, Maggie, 176, 213

  National School Lunch Act, 188

  Need to Know, PBS, 88

  New Diet Revolution (Atkins), 71

  New York City/Bloomberg actions, 193–194, 201–202

  New York magazine, 22

  New York Times, 42, 99, 113, 115, 156, 161, 198

  Nike+ FuelBand, 174

  Nutrisystem, 73

  NuVal System, 186

  Obama, Michelle, 196

  Obesity. See Weight problems (over-weight/obese); Weight problems (overweight/obese children)

  Oklahoma

  City city diet, 191–192

  design for exercise, 192–193

  Oprah, 46

  Orthorexia nervosa, 118–119

  Paleo (Caveman) Diet, 157–158

  Parade magazine, 176, 213

  Playboy, 175

  Positively Connecticut, 227

  Powell, Lisa

  exercise, 174–175, 218

  food/food issues, 89–91, 100, 151–152, 208, 216

  Mika’s diet and, 123–124, 224

  Prager, Michael, 94–96

  Puhl, Rebecca

  overweight children and, 51–52

  weight problems and stigma, 41, 44–45, 46, 47, 51–52, 83–84, 182–183

  Ralph Lauren, 182

  Recommendations. See Weight problems/solutions

  Reece, Gabrielle, 175

  Rendell, Ed, 195

  Robinson, Eugene, 47

  Rudd Center for Food Policy & Obesity, Yale University, 41, 45, 87

  Scarborough, Joe

  on Mika, 96–97, 109–110, 138

  weight, 42

  See also Morning Joe

  Scarsdale Diet, 69

  Senay, Emily, 88, 208–209, 213, 215, 217

  “Serial dieting,” 153

  Sitting problems, 178–179

  Slim-Fast, 69

  Smith, Diane

  career/awards, 32–33, 56, 64, 81–82, 227

  friendship with Mika, 12–13, 32–33, 55–60, 139

  hip dysplasia/replacement surgery, 129–132

  husband (Tom) and, 13, 58, 59, 72, 73, 129, 131, 134, 226

  Mika’s daughter’s birth and, 12, 55–56, 58–60

  sisters, 58, 65, 66–67, 68, 70

  Smith, Diane and weight issues

  Andy DeVito (trainer) and, 130, 131, 132, 135, 178

  bariatric surgery research, 76–78

  boyfriend’s death and, 70–71

  career and, 16–17, 38–39, 46, 56, 62, 63–64, 66, 72

  challenge to Mika, 18–19, 40, 116, 117, 118, 125–127, 226

  childhood/college, 66–68, 72

  dieting, 66–70, 71–72, 73–74, 116, 151

  D’Ma
rio Sowah (trainer) and, 80, 81, 82, 127–128, 129–130, 131

  exercise and, 72, 73, 76, 80–81, 82

  fen-phen, 74–75

  health problems and, 62, 75–76, 128–129

  Mika’s talk with/challenge to, 13–19, 57–58, 60–62, 64–66, 78–79, 118, 226–227

  Take Off Program and, 132–134

  Smoking

  anti-smoking campaign, 199–200, 201, 202–203

  health costs, 49

  Snyderman, Nancy

  background, 50–51, 112–113

  children and obesity, 50–51

  daughters and, 171, 217–218

  eating strategies, 152, 155–156, 212

  trauma/food issues and, 112–113

  weight problems/solutions, 181, 202, 217–218

  Solutions. See Weight problems/solutions

  SoulCycle, 176

  South Beach Diet, 69

  Sowah, D’Mario

  background, 80–81

  as personal trainer, 80, 81, 82, 127–128, 129–130, 131

  Stanhope, Kimber, 105–106, 107

  Stelter, Brian, 42, 99–100, 161–162

  Sugar

  addiction to, 106

  fat vs., 103–104

  food labels and, 107

  fructose, 104–105, 106

  health impacts, 103–104, 105, 106, 194, 196

  high-fructose corn syrup, 103, 105

  metabolism, 104–106

  overview, 103–106

  statistics on consumption, 104

  Tarnower, Herman, 69

  Thinness/appearance and US culture, 2, 10–11, 14, 117, 126, 141, 142, 182–183, 206, 216

  Title IX, 72, 176

  Top Chef, 163–164

  Turner, Kathleen, 14, 140–142, 145

  Veneman, Ann, 48–49

  Versailles, 30

  Walmart, 201

  Weight issues/nonissues

  how you think, 136–148

  See also specific individuals

  Weight loss

  accountability and, 159–160, 161–162

  keeping it off and, 53–54, 154, 157

  See also specific individuals

  Weight Loss Boss (Kirchhoff), 101–102

  Weight-loss commercials, 53

  Weight problems/causes

  addiction to foods, 7–8, 27, 92–100, 106, 115

  advertising/marketing, 27, 87–88, 101, 102, 207

  eating anywhere/anytime (US), 9, 91, 101

  food costs and, 91, 196–197

  human evolution/biology and, 85–87, 90

  junk food access, 9, 27, 46, 85–87, 91–95

  junk food consumption statistics, 84

  junk food ingredients, 91–94, 101–102

  lack of exercise, 84, 91

  portion sizes, 88–89, 156, 158

  sugary drinks, 9, 11, 67, 84, 87, 105–106, 189, 194, 201, 202, 204, 205, 210–211

 

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