On top of all the responsibilities parents already face, we now understand that our personal habits can have an impact on not just our children, but our grandchildren, and who knows how many generations from there. Nearly two years ago, we talked about a study by David Martin of the Read more…
I think we can all agree that body dissatisfaction is not a good thing, as it frequently leads to disordered eating, such as in anorexia nervosa. On the flip side, however, is the risk that people will be so comfortable with their bodies that they start viewing overweight and obesity as “normal.” Read more…
As I was doing some reading on successful, long-term weight loss as part of my biopsych text revision, I came across a number of articles based on the National Weight Control Registry. If you are 18 years or older (okay, got that) and have maintained at least a 30 pound Read more…
In honor of my tenth month of Jenny Craig maintenance, of course we have to have a dieting post. I’m happy to say that in the last ten months, my weight has stayed within a five pound range, and I never got higher that one pound below my goal weight, holidays included. I like that. Read more…
I haven’t posted about hunger/weight loss for awhile, but in honor of my tenth month of weight loss maintenance, I thought I’d share two new articles that crossed my desk today. The first, by Kaveh Ashfrafi and his colleagues at UC San Francisco, looked at the effects of serotonin on appetite Read more…