Refuse To Regain

Meditations on The Changing Shape of America

by Barbara Berkeley, MD If you are over the age of 60, you remember a time when most Americans were thin. Sure, there were some overweight and obese folks, but they were few and far between. Photos and films from the 50s and 60s will confirm the fact that the average weight of America has changed drastically, with the greatest escalation in size occuring since 1980. It is easy to blame our increasing fatness on cheap, available food, poor willpower,... Read more →

On Body Re-invention and the LeBron James Story

by Barbara Berkeley, MD Whenever this blog turns to my basketball obsession I always try to warn readers first. If you are not interested in my ravings about Le Bron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers, skip this post. But really, how can you not be interested in a story that reads like fiction playing out in real life? Should Cleveland win an NBA title in the next year or two, the screen writer for the movie that surely will be... Read more →

Open for Comment: The Moment that Transformed Your Weight Struggles

by Barbara Berkeley, MD It's the Holy Grail of weight maintenance. The X Factor that turns repetitive dieters into successful maintainers. Over the course of the years I've met and corresponded with many long-term weight maintainers. Without exception they were repetitive dieters at one time. Weight would come off and come back--not once, but many times. And then, something happened. But what? That's the million dollar question. I've asked, I've pushed for an answer, but no one appears to be... Read more →