Refuse To Regain

Making Primates Obese: Treat Them Like Humans

by Barbara Berkeley, MD I was very disturbed today when I read of an Oregon study which is forcibly making monkeys fat. The study, which is being conducted at the Oregon National Primate Research Center, attempts to reproduce our obesogenic western lifestyle. In so doing, it encourages monkeys to eat as much as they want of high fat, high carbohydrate foods, and forces them to be sedentary. The description of these primates becoming obese, diabetic and atherosclerotic while being trapped... Read more →

Accept Our Size and Forget All This? Part 2

by Barbara Berkeley, MD When you have built an entire career on helping people to lose weight and on the underlying premise that thinner bodies are healthier ones, it's hard not to get your back up when someone suggests that the whole enterprise is an exercise in futility. While I have certainly developed lots of opinions over the past years, I have tried hard to remain open to the views of others. The wisdom of this seems obvious. Today's science... Read more →

How to Eat After Weight Loss

by Barbara Berkeley, MD Being on a weight loss diet can be annoying. It's tough to have rules to follow, frustrating to face restrictions,and maddening to cheat when you promised yourself that you wouldn't. But as annoying as that diet can be, it can also provide an underlying sense of relief. Once you hit your stride, you are following a plan. The anxieties caused by an overwhelming number of food choices are tamped down. You've got a roadmap to follow.... Read more →