David Kessler

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

Darya Pino | Posted 11.20.2009 | Living


Darya Pino

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

What's Wrong With Real Time with Bill Maher?

Marshall Fine | Posted 10.18.2009 | Media


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.

Why Self-Help Can't Solve It All

Alison Rose Levy | Posted 08.24.2009 | Living


Alison Rose Levy

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

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

Janice Taylor | Posted 08.15.2009 | Green


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.

Why Are Chocolate Chip Cookies Irresistible?

nytimes.com | Tara Parker-Pope | Posted 07.24.2009 | Living


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...

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

Louise McCready | Posted 06.06.2009 | Living


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?

Our Brains on Food & Other Tales of Modern Life

Moira Gunn | Posted 06.01.2009 | Living


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.