Title: BBC NEWS | Health | Many people diet most of the time
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Content: Young women aged between 15 and 24 years old were the most likely to do this. Ms Catlin said: " Eating balanced, regular meals seems of little interest to a high number of women. "The major danger here is that skipping meals in particular is only a short-term solution to losing weight, and is also widely considered to be really very unhealthy." The research also showed that younger people are less likely to eat healthily - and to be aware of the benefits of healthy eating - than those aged 65 years old and over. 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.