Why dieting doesn't usually work | Sandra Aamodt

In the US, 80% of girls have been on a diet by the time they’re 10 years old. In this honest, raw talk, neuroscientist Sandra Aamodt uses her personal story to frame an important lesson about how our brains manage our bodies, as she explores the science behind why dieting not only doesn’t work, but is likely to do more harm than good. She suggests ideas for how to live a less diet-obsessed life, intuitively.

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We interviewed A. Janet Tomiyama, PhD, Assistant Professor of Psychology and Director of the Dieting, Stress, and Health (DISH) Lab at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), about her research that dieting DOES NOT improve cardiovascular health and how stigmatizing weight can actually make a person gain weight earlier this year. Click on the image below to hear what she has to say about dieting.