Article: Diet trends not always what doctor ordered

Angie Marek
University Wire
10-22-1998
(Daily Northwestern) (U-WIRE) EVANSTON, Ill. -- When freshman Jackie Carton walked through the Marriott Food Services line during her first week at Northwestern, she didn't spend much time debating what she should eat. She quickly grabbed some steamed vegetables, an apple and a veggie burger without a bun.

"The options are somewhat limited when you are on a non-carbohydrate diet," explained Carton, a Weinberg freshman.

In recent years, diets like Carton's are becoming increasingly mainstream. According to Good Housekeeping magazine, one in three women in the United States dieted in 1997. During this same period, the public was inundated with fad diet ...

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