Apr. 20, 2010: The Real Life Body Book for girls

>> Rooney: MAYBE MOTHER

DOESN'T KNOW BEST.

AT LEAST THAT'S WHAT THE

AUTHORS OF A NEW WOMEN'S

HEALTH GUIDE SAY.

THE REAL LIFE BODY BOOK, A

YOUNG WOMAN'S COMPLETE

GUIDE TO HEALTH AND

WELLNESS.

AND JOINING ME NOW ARE THE

OTHERS, MONIQUE SPENCER

DOYLE AND HOPE RICCIOTTI,

A DOCTOR.

MONIQUE, THE ONLY REASON

I'M DOING THIS BOOK IS

BECAUSE YOU WROTE IT WITH

HOPE HERE.

I STARTED LOOKING AT THIS

THINKING, THIS IS MAKING

ME SQUEAMISH.

[LAUGHTER]

>> THERE IS A LOT THAT

WOULD MAKE ANYBODY SCWIRM.

>> Rooney: I LOVE YOUR

ADVICE.

DON'T TAKE ADVICE FROM

YOUR MOTHER, YOUR BEST

FRIENDS, THE INTERNET AND

WHO WAS THE OTHER ONE?

>> MAGAZINES.

>> Rooney: THAT'S WHERE

EVERYBODY GETS THEIR

ADVICE?

>> EXACTLY.

AND WHEN HOPE FIRST CAME

TO ME ABOUT THIS BOOK,

THAT WAS HER PASSION, WAS

THE MISINFORMATION THAT

YOUNG WOMEN GET.

BECAUSE MOST OF IT IS

MISINFORMATION.

>> Rooney: I DON'T THINK

I WAS MISINFORMED AS A

KID.

>> FIGURE ME, EMILY, BUT

OUR RANGE IS 18 TO 35.

>> Rooney: ALL RIGHT.

SO TALK ABOUT THAT.

ARE YOUNG WOMEN MORE

MISINFORMED THAN MY

GENERATION?

>> I THINK THEY'RE

OVERINFORMED.

YOU GAVE THE LIST, AND IT

IS INCREDIBLY CONFUSING IN

THIS DAY AND AGE.

THERE IS SO MUCH

INFORMATION SO READILY

ACCESSIBLE TO THIS

GENERATION, IT IS

DIFFICULT TO SIFT THROUGH

THAT.

HOW CAN YOU TELL FACT FROM

FOLLY.

HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT A FAD

IS AND WHAT'S REAL.

>> Rooney: THAT'S

INTERESTING.

SOME OF THIS STUFF IS

MAKING ME SQUEAMISH, AND

YOU'RE AN OB/GYN, AND MORE

AND MORE WOMEN ARE IN THE

GYNECOLOGICAL FIELD.

AND WHEN WE GOING TO THEM,

IT WAS ALL MEN.

AND WHEN SOMEBODY WOULD

SAY, WHEN WAS YOUR LAST

PERIOD OR HAVE YOU EVER

HAD AN ORGASM, AND YOU

WERE LIKE, I DON'T KNOW IF

I'M GOING TO ANSWER THESE

TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

AND PEOPLE AREN'T REALLY

PREPARED FOR THAT, EITHER.

>> I THINK THINGS HAVE

CHANGED.

MY MOTHER'S GENERATION

EXPECTED THEIR DOCTOR TO

BE A MAN, MY GENERATION

WANTED IT TO BE A WOMAN.

AND THE CURRENT GENERATION

WANTS IT TO BE A GOOD

DOCTOR.

IT IS A PARTNERSHIP WITH

YOUR PHYSICIAN.

>> Rooney: AND I,

FRANKLY, LIKE THE FACT YOU

HAVE A REAL GIRL ON THE

COVER OF THIS BOOK.

>> A HEALTHY GIRL.

>> Rooney: YEAH, AS

OPPOSED TO SOME SKINNY

MINI.

BUT SHE LOOKED LIKE SHE

WOULD BE AWKWARD BEING

ASKED THESE KINDS OF

QUESTIONS.

SO THAT HASN'T CHANGED.

THE KIND OF INFORMATION

YOU'RE EXPECTED TO GIVE

UP.

>> WE'RE VERY MUCH AWARE

THAT NOBODY WANTS TO TALK

ABOUT -- WE COULD PROBABLY

DO A LIST OF 50 THINGS WE

DON'T WANT TO TALK ABOUT.

STARTING WITH, FOR

EXAMPLE, I THINK ALMOST

EVERYBODY DOES NOT WANT TO

BE WEIGHED.

>> Rooney: YES.

>> AND A LOT OF PEOPLE

WOULD SAY, I WOULD GO TO

THE DOCTOR IF I DIDN'T

HAVE TO BE WEIGHED.

AND I THINK YOU FOUND THAT

TO BE TRUE.

PEOPLE ARE VERY

UNCOMFORTABLE ABOUT THAT.

AND OUR GOAL -- ONE OF OUR

GOALS WAS TO MAKE SURE

THAT PEOPLE UNDERSTAND

THEY CAN TELL THEIR DOCTOR

THESE THINGS, AND THEY CAN

BE WEIGHED BECAUSE THE

DOCTORS HAVE BEEN WEIGHED,

THE NURSES HAVE BEEN

WEIGHED, THE TECHS HAVE

BEEN WEIGHED.

EVERYBODY HAS HAD TO GO

THROUGH IT.

>> Rooney: AND THEY

DEFINITELY DON'T WANT TO

TAKE THEIR CLOTHES OFF.

>> THAT'S A BIGGER

PROBLEM.

>> Rooney: IS THERE A

WAY YOU CAN MAKE PEOPLE

MORE COMFORTABLE?

>> I THINK THE WAY YOU

MAKE PEOPLE FEEL MORE

COMFORTABLE IS YOU INFORM

THEM.

MONIQUE DOES A WONDERFUL

JOB OF DOING THAT IN A WAY

OF HUMOR AND WARMTH.

SO IT IS READABLE.

SHE HAS BEEN ON BOTH ENDS

OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

SHE GETS IT IN A WAY THAT

I THINK BECOMES VERY CLEAR

AS YOU READ THE BOOK.

>> Rooney: I WANT TO

TALK MORE ABOUT THE

MISINFORMATION BECAUSE IT

IS STUFF THAT IS PASSED

DOWN THROUGH MOTHERS.

LIKE WHAT CAN A MOTHER

TELL YOU THAT WOULD BE

FLAT-OUT WRONG.

>> IT WOULD PROBABLY BE

SOMETHING ABOUT WHETHER

YOU NEED TO GO TO THE

DOCTOR OR NOT.

SO A MOTHER MIGHT SAY, YOU

DON'T HAVE TO DEAL WITH A

URINARY TRACT INFECTION.

JUST DRINK A LOT OF

CRANBERRY JUICE.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DEAL

WITH A YEAST INFECTION.

EAT A LOT OF YOGURT.

THAT WILL TAKE CARE OF

THAT.

THE MAGAZINES ARE PROBABLY

THE WORST OFFENDERS

BECAUSE THEY RUN REAL

QUICK, FAD PIECES IN EVERY

MONTHLY ISSUE.

AND THEIR ADVERTISING BASE

KEEPS THEM FROM TELLING

THE FACTS SOMETIMES.

FOR EXAMPLE, FOR MANY

YEARS, I THINK IT HAS

NEVER BEEN PRINTED IN

WOMEN'S MAGAZINES THAT

WOMEN DIE OF HEART ATTACK

LONG BEFORE THEY DIE OF

BREAST CANCER.

THEY DIE OF LUNG CANCER

MORE THAN THEY DIE OF

BREAST CANCER.

I HOPE THESE FACTS ARE

CORRECT?

>> THEY ARE.

>> AND YET THE MAGAZINES

WOULD BE FOCUSED ON

CIGARETTES.

NO MENTION OF LUNG CANCER

AND FILLED WITH CIGARETTE

ADS.

AND THAT WAS TRUE UNTIL

MAYBE TWO YEARS AGO.

>> Rooney: THAT'S

FASCINATING, BECAUSE I DID

NOTICE THERE WAS A BIG

FOCUS ON HEART AND SMOKING

AND DIET AND ALL OF THAT.

THIS IS KIND OF AN OBVIOUS

QUESTION -- ARE THEY STILL

REALLY, REALLY FOCUSED ON

THEIR WEIGHT AND BEING

THIN.

IT LOOKS LIKE ANECDOTALLY,

THAT IS NOT THE CASE.

EVEN AROUND BOSTON WHERE

YOU SEE PEOPLE WEARING

STUFF THAT SHOWS OFF THEIR

BODIES, AND THEY'RE NOT

THE SKINNY MINIS ANYMORE.

>> I THINK EATING

DISORDERS ARE STILL BIG.

AND TWO-THIRDS OF THE

TIME, WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT

OVERWEIGHT AND OBESITY.

SO WE'RE WORRIED ABOUT

BOTH.

>> Rooney: WHAT ABOUT

FOOD?

IS THAT A BIG MESSAGE --

>> WHAT WE TRY TO DO IN

THE BOOK IS LET YOUNG

WOMEN KNOW WHAT LIFESTYLE

CHOICES THEY NEED TO MAKE,

WHICH INVOLVES FOOD AND

ACTIVITY.

AND HOW TO ACCESS

SCREENING ISSUES WITH THE

HEALTH CARE SYSTEM.

AND DIET IS A BIG PART OF

A HEALTHY LIFESTYLE.

BUT WE TRY TO DISPEL THE

MYTHS.

THERE ARE NO FAD DIETS IN

THIS BOOK.

>> THAT'S WHAT I LIKED

ABOUT HOPE'S BOOK.

THERE WASN'T ANY PAGE THAT

WAS WRITTEN BY A SCHOOL

MARMY NUTRITIONIST THAT

SAYS YOU NEED THIS MANY

GRAMS OF THIS AND THIS

MANY GRAMS OF THIS.

IT TAKES YOU THROUGH JUST

BABY STEPS AT A TIME.

NOBODY CAN CHANGE

OVERNIGHT.

IT IS JUST NOT POSSIBLE.

IT IS WHY PEOPLE LOSE AND

GAIN 150 POUNDS FIVE TIMES

IN A LIFETIME.

WE CAN'T MAKE CHANGE

OVERNIGHT.

THE WAY HOPE APPROACHES

THIS IS TODAY MAYBE YOU

SWITCH FROM BACON IN THE

MORNING TO SOMETHING ELSE.

A CUP OF YOGURT OR WHAT DO

YOU LIKE?

AND THEN AT LUNCH TIME,

THREE WEEKS FROM NOW, WE

MAKE A CHANGE FROM POTATO

CHIPS TO CARROTS.

SO THERE IS NO HUGE

TITANIC CHANGE THAT

ANYBODY IS EXPECTED TO

MAKE.

I THINK THAT WORKS.

>> Rooney: THANK YOU.

IT'S GOOD INFORMATION, THE

REAL LIFE BODY BOOK.

MONIQUE, A PLEASURE,

ALWAYS, AND RICCIOTTI,

NICE TO MEET YOU.

TOMORROW, BRAD BLIGHT WITH

HER BOOK ON FINANCIAL

TIPS.

I'M EMILY ROONEY.

GOOD NIGHT.