From smoking the chain to getting drunk, the habits of Bridget Jones would be terrible to her health

She downed the chain by romance and heart break and piercing chardonnay Until it came out Fashion (and Then I came back again) – And now Bridget Jones has returned.

Mad About The Boy is the fourth and last movie from the Bridget Jones series. Almost 30 years have passed since Helen Fielding hit the bestseller lists with susceptible to accidents, self -proclaimed the title heroine of the Bridget Jones diary. Stories about “Emotional F-Kkwits” and “Really Bloody Huge Pants” resonated with readers, and film adaptations strengthened the status of Bridget Jones as a beloved character.

Fans of the original Bridget Jones diary will remember her daily statistics journal. Many read entries, display calories, cigarettes and consumed alcoholic units, and acknowledged. A diet without alcohol, which began with a fierce determination one day, in the next they enter the caloric chaos of a hangover. But is Bridget’s lifestyle so loved in real life as on the site and screen?

Thanks to the useful summary of calorie consumption, the number of cigarettes and alcohol units at the end of the original diary, I was able to take a closer look at, which could mean her lifestyle in reality. On paper on the screen, the lifestyle can look like smoking, drinking, breaking food (and occasional magic mushroom in Thailand), with which many readers and viewers can relate.

But even the book recognizes that Bridget’s lifestyle is not balanced because it contains a warning and a reservation. And relentless focusing on the weight and consumption of calories can be a reflection of the social pressure that women are standing, but it is It was also criticized for a potential threat to some recipients.

Smoking

In the original diary, the number of Bridget cigarettes this year is 5277: around 14-15 a day. In clinical practice, we often standardize this in terms of number “Packages” of smoking. One package equals 20 cigarettes, so if you smoke 20 a day for a year, it is one year. In the case of Bridget, this gives about 0.75 packaging of a year.

You may think that this number does not seem very high-but add the number from the following year in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason, as well as all years earlier, and the packet years are starting to add and are more like five, seven, even ten.

The greater the number of exposures to packages, the greater the risk of developing the disease or complications. For many years, a critical level of ten backpacks or more was associated with a significant risk of developing a lung condition called COPD (chronic obstructive lung disease)which extends at severity and can lead to disturbing symptoms, including persistent cough, wheezing breath and shortness of breath.

But patients with history less than ten years exposure to years can also be exposed to risk, which is why some say this critical level should be lowered.

What health problems may encounter Bridget after such a long smoking? Smoking is known for causing cancer, including lungBladder, kidney and stomach cancer. Smoking also negatively affects cardiovascular health and fertility, and causes gum disease and many other health problems – The list is long.

In a crazy boy, Bridget kicked the habit and operate Nicotine replacement therapy reduce desires.

Calories

Bridget registered her daily number of calories, but maybe she was not a reliable narrator. During the year, she calculated that she had absorbed over 11 million calories. “Exploring”, he states – and also very unlikely. This sum equals over 30,000 calories a day, about six to ten times more than Most of the competing bodybuilders He consumed.

At the end of the diary, Bridget Jones gained 5. 2 pounds and lost 5. 3BS, which caused a pound loss. So widely saying what appeared, it had to match what energy was absorbed. Her initial weight this year is 9. 3BS, and taking (for divine love) Renée Zellweger 5F 4ins height that gives Body mass indicator (BMI) from 22.1 – in the middle of the “normal” BMI range from 18.5 to 25.

Bridget, so much indicated Over the yearsIs Certainly not overweight.

The daily weighing of Bridget in a bathroom routine could cover her with absorbing with minor fluctuations. Weight is not only a measure of fat, but also water and body waste. Measuring the mass is less likely to be a more effective way to assess the general trend, whether the weight is growing or down. ## alcohol

“I will not drink more than 14 alcohol units a week,” writes Bridget during the opening of the original diary.

However, despite 114 days off from Hangover, Bridget ends with an annual alcohol consumption of 3836 units-this weekly consumption of about 74 pieces-so far more than maximum 14 units Recommended for both men and women.

Read more: A hangover in literature, from Shakespeare and Burns to Bridget Jones

Bridget recognizes that she drinks too much and, as you can see in its Novel Year’s resolutions, often intends to limit. We operate in clinical practice Questions about the cage To assess whether the patient has alcohol problems. For example, we can ask if a person is annoyed by criticism of their drinking, or does you feel guilty? Do they operate alcohol as a “eyes opening” in the morning?

So, while Bridget Jones can be as endearing as always among the audience this year – and her love life equally confused – probably best her lifestyle seems a bit healthier. It would be terrible for her story to end in the premature death of Chardonnay.