Your Food Is Fooling You
How Your Brain Is Hijacked by Sugar, Fat, and Salt
ISBN10: 1596438312
ISBN13: 9781596438316
Trade Paperback
192 Pages
$19.99
Your Food Is Fooling You is a revised edition of the New York Times bestseller, The End of Overeating geared toward teen readers.
Former commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration David Kessler, M.D., argues forcefully that our brain chemistry is being hijacked by the food we eat: that by consuming stimulating combinations of sugar, fat, and salt, we're conditioning our bodies to crave more sugar, fat, and salt—and consigning ourselves to a vicious cycle of overeating. Adapted from the adult trade bestseller The End of Overeating, Your Food Is Fooling You is concise and direct and delivers the same message, many of the fascinating case studies, and the same advice for breaking bad eating habits in a voice and format that's accessible, positive, and affirming for teenagers. Young people are at most risk of forming bad eating habits—but they're also highly aware of body image and highly responsive to positive messages about health and diet. Your Food Is Fooling You is a readable, authoritative, and entertaining call to action by one of our nation's leading public health figures.
Reviews
Praise for Your Food Is Fooling You
"Facinating . . . We begin to think differently about food and take back control of our eating habits."—The New York Times
"A thinking person's diet book and an investigation into an industry that wants us to eat more."—The Boston Globe
"Groundbreaking."—USA Today
"Kessler reponds with a method that doesn't promise a quick fix but instead offers some consoling advice on how to kick an overeating habit."—Booklist
"A cogent analysis of the American obsession with food and Americans' propensity to overeat."—Library Journal
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CHAPTER 1
What Is Overeating?
I got the idea to write this book while watching a daytime talk show. On the show a psychologist was talking about why so many Americans are overweight. He asked...