In another effect of a harebrained media in the U.S. (probably) a new survey shows that half of teenage girls are eating fewer calories than suggested under current nutritional guidelines.

It's hard to imagine that 45 percent of 14- to 18-year-old girls surveyed were eating less than 1,200 calories a day, but over 33 percent of that same group stated they had just finished a diet or were still on one.

By contrast, just 14 percent of teenage boys in the same age group admitted to dieting, but 25 percent of those surveyed said they are 800 calories a day or fewer. That's crazy, but I have to wonder if that age group even knows the definition of "calorie" and how to measure it. Less than 1,500 calories per day seems like a dangerous situation to me for anyone in that age bracket.