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Yo-yo dieting increases risk of heart disease
BOSTON (AP) Yo-yo dieters,
who go through life taking off
weight and putting it back on, ap
pear to significantly increase their
risk of dying from heart disease, a
study concludes.
Being overweight clearly raises
the chance of heart trouble, but the
new research suggests that failure
to keep off the flab might be just as
bad.
"People should take dieting
seriously," said Dr. Kelly D.
Brownell. 'They should try to en
sure that chances of success are
high before they begin-"
The study found that the risk
of dying from heart disease is about
70 percent higher in those with
fluctuating weight than in those
whose weight stays reasonably
steady.
Brownell, a psychologist at
Yale University, was senior author
of the study, published in
Thursday's New England Journal
of Medicine.
Dr. George Blackburn, a diet
expert at New England Deaconess
Hospital, said he will ask the Na
tional Institutes of Health to recon
sider recommendations that every
one achieve ideal body weights,
even when they are obese.
"The Brownell data are enough
for us to say, 'Let's not do any
radical dieting until we sort this
out, because we might be worse off
than if we did nothing at all,"' he
said.
Blackburn said people should
be especially careful about trying
to lose more than 25 pounds or 10
percent of their body weight.
"Don't panic if you've lost 25
pounds ana put it back on," he
said. "But if you've done it twice.
you shouldn't do any more in this
area without professional help."
The potential dangers of up-
and-down weight have become a
subject of concern over the past
few years. Until now, however,
doctors have warned against the
habit largely because of the risk
that dieters will put back on more
pounds than they take off.
Brownell's study raises the
possibility that they might also
Heighten their risk of heart dis
ease, the nation's No. 1 killer.
People are often urged to take off
weight as a way to prevent heart
disease.
"It's hard to underestimate the
importance of this paper," com
mented Dr. David Williamson of
the U.S. Centers for Disease Con
trol. "It raises an important public
health issue. An association be
tween increased mortality and
weight loss and gain is very seri
ous."
While the la test study provides
circumstantial evidence that yo
yo dieting is harmful, it stops short
of answering several important
questions, such as how much and
how frequent weight fluctuation
is bad.
In an editorial in the journal,
Dr. Claude Bouchard of Laval
University in Ste. Foy, Quebec, said
the study's conclusion "is likely to
be controversial and to nurture the
debate thatbegan a few years ago."
The study considered people
to have fluctuating weight if they
had one or two big weight losses
and then put it all back on again or
if they stayed relatively slim but
had many smaller ups and downs.
It did not determine whether a few
large fluctuations are better or
worse than lots of smaller ones.
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Equinox
Located at 329 University Dr.
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Starts at 9:30 p.m. $2 cover.
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Information is subject to
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Located at 1503 S. Texas Ave.
Reservations recommended.
Ages 21 and older admitted.
Alcohol served. Call 693-1736
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Tickets: $3 in advance, $4 at
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Located at 801 E. University
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Famous L.A.
studio re-opens
for business
LOS ANGELES (AP)
Famed Hollywood recording
studio the Record Plant is
back in business, and Prince,
the Red Hot Chili Peppers a nd
other top music acts are all
jostling for space.
The studio appeared
doomed to close in February,
but has since been bought by
a group of investors.
"This studio was not
closed because business was
bad," said Rick Stevens, who
leads the investment group.
"Guns 'N' Roses and Bruce
Springsteen were thrown out
when the studio closed its
doors."
Record Plant's former
British owner. Chrysalis PLC,
shut the doors and sold off its
assets Feb. 28, saying "studio
operations no longer repre
sent an integral part of our
group strategy in the U.S.
market.
The new owners paid an
undisclosed price for the stu
dio and have spent $100,000
to refurbish its equipment and
furnishings.
Since it opened in 1969,
the Record Plant has given
birth to such classic albums
as the Eagles' Hotel California
and Bonnie Raitt's Nick of
Time.
The studio also estab
lished itself as one that ca
tered to star's whims, allow
ing them to bring in personal
items for lengthy recording
sessions. Axl Rose, the lead
singer for Guns 'N' Roses,
once moved his bed in.
Ra tes for the studio, how
ever, remain among the high
est in town, soaring up to
$2,500 a day or about $200 an
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realizes he's expendable, he turns
the tables and keeps Fay - and the
audience - guessing until the end.
Based on Jim Thompson's
novel, director James Foley's "Af
ter Dark" transplants the noirish
plot to golden desert vistas which
oelie the moral murkiness of the
characters.
Pa trie gives a remarkable per
formance as the scruffy, heavy-lid
ded pugilist with fists of steel. His
acting is almost too good; if you
wa ten carefully, the ending is writ
ten somewhere in those hypnotic
green eyes. Tom Cruise - look out!
Rachel Ward is still a stunner
who has a palpable chemistry with
Patric, although her character's
sudden about-face seems unlikely.
Dem plays the boasting Uncle Bud
to the hilt, alternately barking and
sniveling as the plot twists and
turns.
Although more laid back than
most movies of this genre, the film's
original approach to its provoca
tive subject and themes, and its
attractive leads keep you watch
ing.