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"  Photo: Getty Yes, there&amp;#039;s always been societal pressure for women to keep extra weight at bay. But now, with so many trendy diet plans being touted by celebrities, like Gwyneth Paltrow (who follows a strict vegan diet) or Kim Kardashian (who credits her post-baby bod to the Atkins program), it&amp;#039;s easy for young girls to get caught up in the fad diet frenzy as they try to live like their role models. And according to a new study, the younger women are when they adopt these extreme diet plans, the more likely they are to develop long-term health problems later in life. To reach that conclusion, researchers at Florida State University asked more than 1,000 women in their twenties about their diet and weight history, and then monitored their dieting habits and health for the next ten years. In the end, the younger a woman was when she began her first diet (be it something as simple as cutting out carbs or a full-fledged diet based on blood type), the more likely she was to use extreme weight control behaviors, binge-drink, and be overweight or obese by the time she reached 30. While there is not an exact answer as to why dieting young is linked to adverse health affects in the future\u2014the study couldn&amp;#039;t figure that out\u2014one thing is clear. Rather than opt for a quick fix, young women should seek a healthy lifestyle instead, and find a weight control method that works in the long run. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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