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...obsession with how we look is a $160 billion global industry that encompasses everything from makeup to diet pills. But ultimately fashion in all of its many expressions is never less than a reflection of our social identity. The images we respond to tell us as much about ourselves as they do about the people who made them--who we are today, who we might be tomorrow. --Kate Betts
...things began to change when a school nurse told the McGoeys about a program called MEND (mind, exercise, nutrition, diet), started by Paul Sacher, a dietitian at London's Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children. Hannah enrolled last September, and by the time the program ended 10 weeks later, she had shed nearly 5 lbs. and grown more than an inch. That wasn't all. Once a shy, clingy child, Hannah, who is now 4 ft. 11 in. tall and weighs 84 lbs., brims with confidence and loves physical activity. "I didn't swim much before," she says...
Atkins died in April at age 72 after slipping on an icy sidewalk. But a resurgence in his diet's popularity has opened up the market for a slew of small, private health-food companies, which have been introducing Atkins-friendly prepackaged foods at a rate of almost three new products a day since January, according to Productscan, a marketing-intelligence firm in Naples, N.Y. Also tasting opportunity are food-and-beverage heavyweights like Anheuser-Busch, which launched a low-carb version of Michelob beer, and boxed-chocolate maker Russell Stover, which put out a line of low-carb candies...
Ironically, the company Atkins himself founded to commercialize his dietary theories nearly missed the low-carb bonanza. Atkins Nutritionals, based in Ronkonkoma, N.Y., was selling mostly diet books and vitamins until 2000, when the success of the Carbolite candy persuaded executives to create more prepackaged foods. The company hired marketing veteran Paul Wolff as CEO, and since then it has launched nearly 100 low-carb products, from sliced bread to soy-based snack chips to a superpremium ice cream sold under Atkins' Endulge brand. Wolff says the "aggressive" pace of product rollouts will continue. "We're out to change...
Although manufacturers have improved the taste of diet snacks since sugarless candies first hit the market, the artificial sweeteners involved can still give food developers--and dieters--fits. Most sweets rely on a family of sugar substitutes called sugar alcohols, which are slowly digested carbohydrates that have minimal impact on insulin levels. But as most diabetics know, too much of this fake sugar can cause intestinal discomfort. Some Hershey's lovers learned that lesson the hard way earlier this year when, after 10 years in the lab, the world's third biggest chocolate maker introduced sugar-free versions...