Title: BBC NEWS | Health | Many people diet most of the time
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Content: Older people were more likely than teenagers to avoid fats and sugars, eat a lot of vegetables and to chose light food. Fast results
Ms Catlin said: " This concentration on eating healthily shows that older generations are prepared to adjust their diets for the long term good of their health. "Younger people on the other hand want to see fast results and so are more likely to 'binge diet', by skipping meals or trying out new diets." Sara Stanner, of the British Nutrition Foundation, said it was very difficult to get healthy eating messages over to young people as they paid little concern to the prospect of developing disease decades in the future. She said it was probably a good thing that large numbers of people were trying to do something about their weight - whatever their motivation. "There may be a small percentage of people who worry about their weight when they don't need to and run a risk of developing eating disorders," she said. "But research shows that about half the population is overweight, and so the majority of people who are dieting do probably need to do something about their weight." E-mail this to a friend
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