08.29.2008 10:44 am
Surfing the web during lunch could make you fat
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
My dad, Vern, always warned me about secretarial spread. I don’t know why he chose those words since women of a certain age and in most careers seem to grow a little broader in the hips. So do men, only they pop out in the mid-section. Decreased metabolism is an equal-opportunity curse when it comes to aging.
According to Real Age, one way to stave off extra pounds is to resist sitting at your desk during lunch, surfing the web. And it’s pretty much for the same reasons that you shouldn’t eat in front of the TV: you’re not paying attention to how much you’re eating and whether you’re full. Duh!
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Cindy Billhartz Gregorian is a features reporter at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She has reported for the Healthy & Fit section since its first issue. She's a distance runner with seven marathons under her belt. 
