Ep. 09: Secrets from the Eating Lab - Dr. Traci Mann

Today's guest, Traci Mann, a professor of social and health psychology and the principal investigator of the Health and Eating Laboratory at the University of Minnesota, sheds light on the truth about self-control and dieting.  She talks about the relationship between dieting and weight gain with the aim to identify and understand the behaviors related to eating and a person’s body image. Traci also shares her work at the Eating Lab and how her team studies the mindsets people have about dieting and its effects.     “Weight gain really needs to be thought of, not as an unfortunate screw up after dieting, but it should be looked at as an expected result of dieting.” - Traci Mann      This Week on the Every Body Podcast:  What brought Traci to focus on eating for her life’s work  Detrimental effects of dieting and its inevitable consequences  How your body responds to keep you in a certain weight range  How historical famines changed people’s metabolism to survive  Things that change and problems that occur when you’re dieting below a set range  Why it’s so hard for people to believe the facts about dieting  The result of a study made by Katherine Flegal that show the link between people’s weight and mortality. Read study   Clarifying the obesity paradox and the relationship between people’s health and fitness level  Persuasive evidence about obesity being not a good indication of a person’s health  The truth about willpower as backed by years of experiments and studies  Effect of removing obstacles when eating healthy foods     Connect with Traci Mann:  Secrets From the Eating Lab book by Traci Mann     Check Out Our Instagram Contest!  Join our  contest on Instagram and receive a copy of Dr. Traci Mann’s book Secrets from the Eating Lab when you win!    Rate, Share, & Spread the word to  Every Body  Thank you for joining me this week on the Every Body podcast. If you enjoyed this week’s episode, head over to iTunes, subscribe to the show and leave a review to help us spread the word to Every Body!  Don’t forget to visit our website, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram, and join our mailing list so you never miss an episode!