Word: winterize
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Dates: during 2000-2000
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...they wanted to collude, they say, they couldn't persuade the nation's thousands of individual gun sellers to follow. "This is a very simple industry, believe it or not, and it just doesn't work that way," says Beatriz Atorresagasti, marketing manager for the RSR Group, based in Winter Park, Fla., the wholesaler that will stop selling Smith & Wessons once its current stock is depleted...
...turns out my winter weight woes are not so typical after all. (But then, my usual size 2 petite isn't, either.) In one of the most detailed studies of its kind, the National Institutes of Health examined the eating and weight-gaining patterns of a group of volunteers closely mirroring the population at large. They ranged in age from 19 to 82, weighed from 95 to 306 lbs. and came from a mix of ethnic, racial and economic backgrounds...
...body's been under wraps all winter. I gained 6 lbs. in as many weeks, and no amount of sweaters and Pashminas was enough to hide them. And now, with spring here...ugh, we all know what that means--off with the layers and, one hopes, the weight. I figured most Americans put on seasonal padding the way I do. I start overindulging around Thanksgiving, gorge and imbibe my way through holiday parties, and by New Year's--clink!--I've inflated one full dress size, and I remain that way for months...
Surprise: unlike me, it turns out, the average American puts on a mere 0.8 lb. during the food-filled six weeks between Thanksgiving and New Year's. "It's a myth that adults will gain 5 to 10 lbs. during winter," asserts Jack Yanovski, head of NIH's Growth and Obesity unit, who led the research. On the contrary, Americans gain just a few ounces from September through November, then remain relatively stable from March through August. Over the entire 12 months, the average gain adds up to less than 1 1/2 lbs. So much for that legendary holiday bulge...
Wait a minute. Why, then, are more than one-third of Americans seriously overweight? Here the report provides what is probably the most important insight of all. While we may not gain as much as we think in winter, we routinely neglect to take off our fresh fat in spring. We allow the pounds to accumulate year after year in tiny increments we hardly notice--until we try to stuff ourselves into our old jeans. Call it stealth flab. Indeed, the massive once-a-decade National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey concurs. It shows that over a 10-year period...