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teen to just wait until she's 18
and things will get better doesn't
work," Goldman-Foley said.
"When you are 13, five years can
seem like a lifetime."
So they talk about coping tech-
niques. About remembering,
when someone calls you "Jolly
Green Giant" or "Goon," that al-
most everyone in school gets
teased about something.
"When someone says, 'Gee,
you're a big girl,' it hurts," Gold-
man-Foley said. "But you'll be
better off if you can learn to laugh
about it. Try not to take it so per-
sonally."
Brown points out that many
people are envious of those with
above-average height. "I can't tell
you how many times I've had
people ask me for an inch or two
of mine," she said.
And Hawes believes in accen-
tuating the positive. "When you
are tall, people expect more of
you," she said. "But that's not
necessarily a bad thing. It can
push you to rise to the occasion.
"And what else are you going
to do, anyway? Tone yourself
down so you are nothing? You
know, a peacock that hides its
feathers is kind of ugly."
The tall adults don't claim to
have all the answers. 'We're still
struggling with some of the same
issues that the teens are work-
ing on," Goldman-Foley said.
Still, 'We have walked a mile
in their size-12 shoes," she said.
For parents of tall teens, she
offers these tips:
• Don't harp at them to stand
up straight.
• Encourage them to partici-
pate in sports, dance or other ac-
tivities that help them get
comfortable with their bodies and
develop muscles to carry them-
selves better. But don't push too
hard.
• Use positive reinforcement
to remind them that they are in-
herently who they are, and it is
their accomplishments that
make them who they are, not
their physical stature.
• Allow them to be their age.
Just because they are taller
doesn't mean they are older.
Ultimately, the goal of work-
ing with these teens is to help
them through what can be the
rough years and show them that
there are benefits to being tall,
Hawes said.
"When we are growing up, we
all want to be the same," she
added. "When we do grow up, we
find out that everybody is pretty
much the same, and it's neat to
be different."
Diet Affects
Nutrients
Two little-known nutrients that
are often overlooked are lecithin
and choline. Lecithin may im-
prove memory function in
adults, while choline is neces-
sary for healthy liver and re-
productive functioning, as well
as for optimum physical perfor-
mance.
Unfortunately, people who
cut fat out of their diet may also
be sacrificing most of these nu-
trients, since both are found in
fatty foods. This is one case
where grains, fruits and veg-
etables cannot take the place of
egg yolks, organ meats and red
meat. These high-fat foods offer
much higher levels of choline
and lecithin than, say, a potato,
which offers scant amounts.
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Both men and women seek
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but men are more likely to also
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