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Excess weight had reached epidemic proportions even before the pandemic, having negative consequences in every domain of health and wellbeing. As physicians, we manage weight by suppressing hunger, but our hunger serves a purpose. Our hunger is emotional, spiritual and represents our unmet psychological needs. And yet, we are not taught to embrace our hunger.
We are taught to be ashamed. So we hide our hunger, feed it, drink it, smoke it, squash it. In nearly two decades of doing this work, I know that our hunger offers an invitation and, when met, an opportunity to live in alignment with our most authentic self and to reach our fullest potential I am an internist who specializes in medical weight loss and nutrition. I am obsessed with helping people understand their hunger so that they can live more physically and emotionally fulfilling lives.I am a practicing medical doctor, educator and teach at UCLA School of Medicine and I am an author, most recently of "Hungry for More: Stories and Science to Inspire Weight Loss from the Inside Out" which explores through science and stories the emotional and spiritual hungers that present as a hunger for food. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at [ Ссылка ]
