European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dieting by not dieting by Irish Hall new York times every Day but especially As bathing Sui season nears millions of americans gird themselves to embark on a diet riveted by the fantasy that life would be better if they were lighter and Slighter. But maybe dieters should reconsider increasingly experts on obesity Are finding that strict dieting May backfire. And while Many specialists say people can become thinner if they stick to a moderate diet a few dissident voices maintain that the Best approach is to give up dieting altogether and to eat whatever is wanted whenever hunger strikes. The idea that dieting can be harmful is presented in two new books Don t diet by Dale m. Atrens published in March by William Morrow & co., and overcoming overeating written by two new York psychotherapists Jane r. Hirschmann and Carol h. Munter and published in april by Addison Wesley. Janet Polivy a professor of psychology and psychiatry at the University of Toronto who is a research associate at Toronto general Hospital has said for years that dieting itself May cause people to gain weight or develop eating disorders. For a Long time most doctors who did t ignore us thought we were crazy said Polivy who with a colleague c. Peter Herman wrote breaking the diet habit Basic books 1983. But she now finds greater support among her medical colleagues for the anti diet approach. According to anti dieters overweight people must first learn to accept themselves As they Are. They have to Stop looking to weight and appearance new York times to be the magic source of change for them said Polivy. Then she said they won t fall for strict diets whose promises of rapid weight loss May ultimately Lead to eating binges because people cannot tolerate being deprived for Long of the foods they really want or need. In overcoming overeating Munter and Hirschmann say that their approach often leads to weight loss but that it offers people other benefits even if they Don t lose weight. When people Stop criticizing themselves for being fat and learn to eat what they need when they need it Munter said they develop More positive feelings about themselves. The two therapists who practice in new York and teach at the new school for social research Tell clients to put away underside clothes and get rid of Scales which become external judges of their Worth. They recommend a crucial step buy All the foods you like and take them Home. This advice May frighten clients. Everyone is afraid they will go crazy Munter said. But that does not happen she said instead people begin to learn to nourish themselves based on actual hunger. Ethel Speiser who is 37 years old and lives in san Diego said she read overcoming overeating decided she liked the concept and started by buying six boxes of miniature Milky Way Candy bars. Although she ate a lot of Candy at first she said by the end of the week i d take a bite of one and say that s  clip i Kwh c5i it Iio Itou Ciery. Dui is it of j by James Hirsch new York times physician examines patient after Eyebrow reconstruction surgery. X av1er Decallatay believes there is to much ugliness and chaos in the world. Ashe director of studies at the new Yor Academy of Art he can improve the artistic landscape by teaching students to employ the mathematical proportions and physical Harmony of classical Art in their work. Now he is taking his Case to cosmetic surgeons. They Are making too Many cute Bland faces with Small turned up noses like the women on soap operas he said. The prototype he said should be the greek gods like aphrodite and Apollo whose faces in sculpture had a classical Structure characterized by a prominent forehead and a straight nose. Decallatay and other artists described the Virtues of classical Art to doctors at a three Day symposium on Beauty at the new York Academy of Art. The Art school sponsored the symposium with the american Academy of cosmetic surgery. Doctors have Little tricks to judge symmetry but artists line things up visually non anatomically said Ronald a. Fragen a cosmetic surgeon in Palm Springs calif., who participated in a workshop in which surgeons folded faces from Clay. To look at a face like an artist was refreshing because you see it  about 90 people including cosmetic surgeons dermatologists photographers sculptors and painters gathered for the symposium in a Wood panelled studio containing Large humming fans and greek and italian Renaissance sculptures. They listened to lectures on How ideals of Beauty have changed from the Fleshy goddesses of the Renaissance to the Lis some idols that now gaze coyly from Glossy magazines from the Days of Rembrandt to Revlon. Rembrandt s self portraits reveal him to be not very Good looking but he had a character face said Joan Root a teacher Painter and Rembrandt scholar who was at the symposium. The study of Beauty is More important than Ever Decallatay said because technology has Given us the ability to radically alter the human  to that end he reminded doctors the greeks were Beautiful healthy and Youthful and that s exactly what people want to look like  the symposium included a self described Jeremiah Stuart Spicker a professor of philosophy at the University of Connecticut who said cosmetic surgery in some cases contradicted a Canon of Medicine to do no  Spicker emphasized that All surgery carries risks and he did not object to cosmetic surgery that corrected severe congenital malformations and accidents to the face and body but he criticized doctors who operated on patients who wanted surgery out of Mere self interest and culturally biased views of the youth  besides he noted wrinkles serve a purpose. The face is the person s archaeological history and the outer markers of age Are used to judge a person s unique personal history he said. In a lecture on fashion models Katie Ford creative director and vice president of Ford models inc., said Beauty trends unravel More slowly for the face than the body which should Comfort cosmetic surgeons fearful that they Are creating out of fashion faces. Ford said that while Ideal models today Are 15 pounds heavier and at 5 feet 9 inches tall 2 inches taller than models in the 1960s, a photogenic face has always included a straight nose eyes set wide apart High Cheek Bones and full lips. Page 16 the stars and stripes Friday july 15,1988