About the Book: Diets Make You Fat: A Neuroscientist Explains How Your Brain
Fights Weight Loss and What to Do About It
Based on her viral TED talk (3M+ views) neuroscientist and science writer Sandra
Aamodt explains how the latest scientific research contradicts what you think
you know about dieting and weight loss In the US, one out of every three adults
and children is overweight. We think we know the answer: cut calories. Eat less.
We conclude that fat is a failure of willpower, perhaps supplemented by a quirk
of genetics. But, neuroscientist and former "Nature Neuroscience" editor Sandra
Aamodt explains why dieting not only doesnt