Here, though, the weight-loss imperative, with its shadows of attractiveness and social distinction, and other fantasies of rarity, difficulty and expense, complicate the fairly mundane research consensus on improving health: eat moderately, move more.
So the clichés are right, even if we ignore 'em: Exercise, eat moderately, eat balanced meals, drink plenty of liquids, and when you binge as we all do on occasion make sure to cut back on the morrow.
Brighter minds than mine have tackled the sports-figure-as-falliable-role-model idea before and come up with either condemnation of the Faustian pact or a devil-may-care shrug but there is a third option: teaching people to eat moderately.
At the base there are rice, cereals, noodles and tubers, to be eaten moderately, on the second layer vegetables and fruits to be eaten in abundance; animal source foods and legumes are recommended to be eaten in moderation; and fats, sugar and salt to be eaten in smaller quantities.
The pyramid is divided into four levels of foods according to recommended consumption: cereals and legumes/beans at the base should be eaten in sufficient quantity, vegetables and fruits on the second level should be eaten liberally, animal source foods and oils on the third level are to be eaten moderately, and at the apex, highly processed foods high in sugar and fat to be eaten sparingly.
You don't get into amazing shape by drinking moderate amounts of alcohol, eating moderate amounts of junk food, and exercising moderately a couple times a week.
I see that down the line we need to be eating more moderately.
Over the past few months they've been eating more moderately, and exercising more regularly.
They began to take little trips, then somewhat longer trips, staying overnight in motels though never more than one night and eating at moderately fancy restaurants.
They began to take little trips, then somewhat longer trips, staying overnight in motels — though never more than one night — and eating at moderately fancy restaurants.
