David Kessler

David Kessler, Former FDA Commissioner, On Tobacco: 'It Was A Battle Royal'

AP | By MICHAEL FELBERBAUM | Posted 10.05.2011

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RICHMOND, Va. -- More than 15 years have passed since David Kessler first worked to regulate the tobacco industry as a Food and Drug Administration co...

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A Visit to My Kitchen: Dr. David Kessler, Author of The End of Overeating

Maria Rodale | Posted 05.25.2011

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Maria Rodale

David A. Kessler, MD, served as Commissioner of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration under Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton.

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Learning to Eat Less: How Understanding Your Brain Can Make You Healthier

Darya Pino, Ph.D | Posted 11.17.2011

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Darya Pino, Ph.D

To break the cycle of conditioned hypereating we must redirect our automatic response to the kinds of foods that cause us to overeat.

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What's Wrong With Real Time with Bill Maher?

Marshall Fine | Posted 05.25.2011

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Marshall Fine

Here's what drives me crazy about Bill Maher and his Real Time show: The guy couldn't do an interesting interview if his life depended on it.

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Why Self-Help Can't Solve It All

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 11.17.2011

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Alison Rose Levy

The rest of us have to subsidize food industry profits through covering the health care costs of the resulting health problems.

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Planet Earth: Difficult Times, Insatiable Appetites ... Doomed?

Janice Taylor | Posted 05.25.2011

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Janice Taylor

We human beings are pretty crude creatures. We want more, more, more. We have insatiable appetites. We do everything in excess, in both our personal and collective lives.

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Why Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Irresistable?

nytimes.com | Tara Parker-Pope | Posted 11.17.2011

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As head of the Food and Drug Administration, Dr. David A. Kessler served two presidents and battled Congress and Big Tobacco. But the Harvard-educated...

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Dr. David Kessler, author of The End of Overeating, On Why We Can't Stop Eating

Louise McCready | Posted 11.17.2011

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Louise McCready

In The End of Overeating, Dr. Kessler explains how humans, much like Pavlov's dogs, become hardwired to anticipate foods with fat, sugar, and salt. So, how can we change the way we think about food?

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Our Brains on Food & Other Tales of Modern Life

Moira Gunn | Posted 11.17.2011

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Moira Gunn

Whether it's food or drugs or stress or being treated unfairly or even information overload, we need to figure out exactly what is driving us.

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