May 1, 2022 | Events, Psychology, Real life story, talking about eating and weight
Emotions are the stock-in-trade of psychologists and psychotherapists, but if your training and expertise is primarily to do with diet and nutrition, then being asked to help someone with their Emotional Eating may be something that feels scary. As one...
Apr 21, 2022 | Psychology, talking about eating and weight
Calorie labelling is now law in UK restaurants Will it work for people who want to use it? The UK has just introduced mandatory menu labelling for restaurants over a certain size, with calorie counts for individual dishes. We aren’t the first to have...
Aug 13, 2020 | Achieving permanent weight loss, talking about eating and weight
A new TV diet programme, same old format Dr Michael Mosley’s current Channel 4 series “Lose A Stone in 21 Days” has been met with criticism from two quarters. One from people whose concern is that the very low 800 calories a day diet will trigger people into...
May 24, 2020 | changing eating habits, coronavirus, Eat in tune with your body, Feel better about yourself, Get control of your eating, lockdown, talking about eating and weight
Given how limited our lives are during lockdown, food is even more of an issue than it was before. And that’s saying something. With #lockdownweightgain trending on twitter, it seems we are eating more out of boredom or stress, or because someone in our...
Aug 28, 2019 | Achieving permanent weight loss, changing eating habits, Eat in tune with your body, Get control of your eating, Keep the weight off, Lose weight without changing your lifestyle, Maintaining your new weight, Stop yo-yo dieting, talking about eating and weight
When Alie Ward recently posted this photo on twitter asking “How can I get these plates from @Macys banned in all 50 states?”, her tweet had 6,700 replies, 5,900 retweets and 49,700 likes. That’s a lot of activity. I’ve scrolled down the first 50 replies and they are...
May 22, 2019 | Ask the Appetite Doctor, Psychology, Real life story, talking about eating and weight
Photo by Clem Onojeghuo on Unsplash I was asked this tricky question recently. It’s a thorny issue, and there is no simple answer. I’ve given some ideas here, which are to do with your relationship with your daughter (or other loved one) and her life...