Episode 114: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. This week it’s a solo episode and I’m talking about weight set point theory. This has been on my list to talk about for some time, and I’m glad it finally came together. In this episode I cover what weight set point theory is, how our body determines our set point, and factors that could contribute to changing our set point over time.

Here’s what I cover in this podcast episode:

1:15: Taking on new clients

5:15: What is weight set point theory?

16:30: How does the body determine our set point?

29:30: The Selfish Brain theory

31:15: How much do genetics influence weight?

33:40: How does the body keep us at our set point?

35:30: What’s the deal with “calories in, calories out”?

50:00: How could someone end up above their set point?

1:09:00: How trauma can affect set point

1:19:45 My suggestion for how we think about weight

Links mentioned during the show:

Metabolic vs. hedonic obesity: a conceptual distinction and its clinical implications

The Selfish Brain

RHR Episode 40: My Overeating Experiment

RHR Episode 42: The Minnesota Starvation Experiment

Hedonic and incentive signals for body weight control

Gaining Weight Despite Calorie Restriction

Part I: Systematic Review of Weight Gain Correlates In Literature

Part II: Systematic Review of Weight Gain Correlates In Literature

Gender dimorphism of body mass perception and regulation in mice

Regulation and the ponderostat

Energetic Cost of Carrying Loads: Have African Women Discovered an Economic Way?

When Exercise Doesn’t Work

Set points, settling points and some alternative models: theoretical options to understand how genes and environments combine to regulate body adiposity

Experimental Obesity in Man: Cellular Character of the Adipose Tissue

The surprising problem with calorie counting

Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem?

Weighing the Evidence of Common Beliefs in Obesity Research

Energy balance and its components: implications for body weight regulation

The Body Keeps The Score

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