It seems that nurses are doomed. We are all doomed to have triple the risk for becoming overweight according to this article.

It seems that if you either eat too fast, or eat until your full, you’ve increased your risk for being overweight.

The last time I checked we nurses have a tendency to do BOTH. In fact we may do both numerous times during a single day.

When was the last time you actually stepped off your unit and had a full-fledged lunch? Had the time to walk down to the cafeteria or to a break room-type area. Eat your meal at your leisure (without being interrupted).

I don’t know about you. But most of us, heck the majority of us eat our lunch first and taste it later. If we get a 5 min ‘pause’, we inhale our food. And sometimes it’s not even what you would call a lunch. It could be a snack. Heck, it could be what came out of the vending machine.

So according to this study, we should not eat fast, nor should we eat till we are full. Otherwise we are looking at an overweight future.

Who the heck pays these people.

Grr.

On another note.

WE!  ARE!  —— PENN STATE!

It’s PSU vs. their Big Ten neighboring nemesis Ohio State. Penn State is favored to win, which could be good and bad at this point in the season.

I’ll be glued in front of the TV later tonight.

Best of luck to JoePa and the boys.

Carpe Diem

Tags: diet, eat, fast, overweight