For those of you who are enjoying our posts on weight control, please click over to Daniel Lende’s Neuroanthropology site for some excellent scholarly summaries of relevant research.
Today, Daniel posted a very helpful article on “Successful Weight Loss,” and here is his take on the issue of genetics and obesity.
Daniel teaches a course in “medical anthropology” at Notre Dame…sounds to me like anthropology has become a lot more interesting than when I was in school….
Ultra-processed foods are in the news. If you haven’t heard about this yet, ultra-processed foods have ingredients that aren’t usually found by themselves in kitchens, like high fructose corn syrup or emulsifiers. Among the things Read more…
I’m embarrassed to see the one year gap between my last post and now. I’m making a concerted effort to be more diligent going forward. My last post was occasioned by the closing of the Read more…
Sixteen years ago, daughter Karen and I embarked on a weight loss journey, courtesy of Jenny Craig. Karen had just finished her stellar career as an internationally ranked shot putter, and she needed to relearn Read more…