Blogs

Diet Blog. 2008. 10 June 2008. www.diet-blog.com.

Five diet and nutrition experts maintain this blog with expertise in various fields. American culture is obsessed with the idea of being skinny yet our nutritional advice is sometimes absurd and even unrealistic. Diet Blog focuses on filtering the best news and advice offering their opinions on everything from fast food to the latest diet trend. This website is very interesting and sometimes humorous. Updated almost daily, this blog is a practical resource for finding the latest fad diets and facts about food. In addition, they have links to the latest dieting books published. 

 

Body By Glamour. 2008. 10 June 2008. Glamour. www.glamour.com/bbg/blogs/2007.

This blog is produced by Glamour staff writer, Margarita Bertsos, who is making a new life resolution to get in shape and stay healthy. Each entry she discusses recipes, popular trends such as detox, and even her experience at a diet boot camp. At the age of 27, she can definitely relate to college women struggling with weight. Her blog is a fun read and she even includes links to work out clothing. She is a role model and inspires others through her writings. Her blog includes a side panel with diet news, information, and to other blogs. This resource would be valuable because it provides actual experiences from a woman struggling to make peace with her weight. She tries the diet plans and workouts used by celebrities and notes her opinions.