Secrets from the Eating Lab

<p>A provocative expose of the dieting industry from one of the nation's leading researchers in self-control and the psychology of weight loss that offers proven strategies for sustainable weight loss.</p><p>From her office in the University of Minnesota's Health and Eating Lab professor Traci Mann researches self-control and dieting. And what she has discovered is groundbreaking. Not only do diets <em>not </em>work; they often result in weight gain. Americans are losing the battle of the bulge because our bodies and brains are not hardwired to resist food--the very idea of it works against our biological imperative to survive.</p><p>In <em>Secrets From the Eating Lab</em> Mann challenges assumptions--including those that make up the very foundation of the weight loss industry--about how diets work and why they fail. The result of more than two decades of research it offers cutting-edge science and exciting new insights into the American obesity epidemic and our relationship with eating and food.</p><p><em>Secrets From the Eating Lab</em> also gives readers the practical tools they need to actually lose weight and get healthy. Mann argues that the idea of willpower is a myth--we shouldn't waste time and money trying to combat our natural tendencies. Instead she offers 12 simple effective strategies that take advantage of human nature instead of fighting it--from changing the size of your plates to socializing with people with healthy habits removing healthy labels that send negative messages to redefining comfort food.</p>