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Successful Weight Loss for the Holidays or Anytime
No weight control program can succeed by dominating your consciousness with food and weight. A successful program must develop a conditioned response to regulate eating automatically, without having to "stop and think about it." The trick is to condition the core hurt (inadequacy or unworthiness that makes you want to overeat) to stimulate core value - a sense of yourself read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 27, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Steven Stosny, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Self-Help emotional eating weight loss weight management Source Type: news

How Your New Year's Resolutions Might Work Against You
Although we make them with the best intentions, often New Year's Resolutions can set us out on a course of dismissing our past efforts and even creating a non-productive cycle that doesn't offer as much change as it does devaluing our self-worth.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 27, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Gregg McBride Tags: Diet Self-Help attitude bingeing decisions Diet and Nutrition eating Emotional Wellness exercise Fitness and Exercise food goal setting goals Gregg McBride health January memories mental wellness new year ' s resolu Source Type: news

The Return of My Eating Disorder
The slippery slope of eating disorder recoveryread more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 26, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Mary E. Pritchard, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Self-Help paleo recovery Source Type: news

12 Tips to Avoid Gaining Weight over the Holidays
Yes there are too many parties, too much food, too many sweets and cakes and treats, but if you have the right plan you can manage all of these temptations and still allow yourself to indulge once in a while. Here are twelve tips that will help you get through the season without gaining weight. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 23, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Guy Winch, Ph.D. Tags: Cognition Diet Eating Disorders Health binging dieting emotional eating Emotional First Aid emotional hygiene failure Holiday Eating (and Dieting) holiday stress holiday weight gain overeating self-control success will-powe Source Type: news

Successful Weight Loss Using Hypnosis
Your unconscious may believe it has “good reasons” for keeping you overweight. Hypnosis can help you address these beliefs and make the changes you need to look and feel great and get healthy.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 21, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Traci Stein, PhD, MPH Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Health Integrative Medicine Body image coping hypnosis imagery Obesity overweight positive suggestion self hypnosis sexual abuse unconscious mind Source Type: news

I Want Chocolate!
Although the holidays can be a wonderful time of year full of light-hearted cheer, it is challenging time for many of us to manage our eating—particularly for those of us who crave chocolate. Here are three tips to help you manage your holiday chocolate cravings. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 20, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Cortney S. Warren, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Self-Help chocolate chocolate cravings eating food cravings holidays Source Type: news

Five Questions That Reveal How Much You Care About Animals
Psychologists are turning to short scales to assess our attitudes and personality. We have developed several brief instruments to measure beliefs about the use of other species. You can take the 5-item Animal Attitude Scale here.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Hal Herzog, Ph.D. Tags: Animal Behavior Diet Evolutionary Psychology Personality animal attitudes gender differences psychological scales vegan vegetarian Source Type: news

Why Dogs Eat Grass—a Myth Debunked
Neither upset stomach nor dietary needs can explain why dogs eat grassread more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Stanley Coren, Ph.D., F.R.S.C. Tags: Animal Behavior Diet Evolutionary Psychology Neuroscience ancestors applied animal behavior science beagle Benjamin Hart bond canine canines carnivore cause and effect consume contraction coyotes data Davis deer defic Source Type: news

Fighting Holiday Food Temptation? Try These 13 Tips
The holidays are supposed to be a festive time, but many people feel anxiety and regret around food and drink—the holiday season is so full of temptation.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 18, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Gretchen Rubin Tags: Diet Happiness drinking eating habit strategies habits holidays Source Type: news

How Your Favorite Team Is Making You Pack on Pounds
If you’re a Raiders or Jets fan, this NFL season seems like punishment enough. But the vicarious sting of back-to-back losses might not be the only negative consequence of rooting for a losing team. Researchers are now saying fans are setting themselves up for an even bigger loss: binge eating.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 17, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Jonathan Fader, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Health Self-Help Sport and Competition sports weight gain Source Type: news

“I Want It—Now!” How Children Learn Self-Control
A child acts up, making a fuss in public. Bystanders are embarrassed by the situation and assume either the parent is irresponsible or the child is a nightmare. Where does child self-control come from?read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 16, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Darcia Narvaez, Ph.D. Tags: Child Development Diet Ethics and Morality Parenting attachment Obesity self-control self-regulation still face Source Type: news

Mindful Baking
Can mindfulness help with holiday stress?read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 14, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Susan M. Pollak, MTS, Ed.D., Tags: Diet Health Resilience Self-Help Source Type: news

Is My Doctor Fat Phobic?
Weight bias is ubiquitus in our culture and doctors are not immune. How does this effect your medical care? read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Alexis Conason, Psy.D. Tags: Diet Eating Disorders Health Integrative Medicine health at every size healthcare medical care medical ethics weight bias Source Type: news

Healthy Teens
Approximately 1/3 of U.S. youth are overweight or obese. According to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) childhood obesity has doubled in children and quadrupled in adolescents over the past 30 years! There is good news: with the proper nutrition and exercise, teens can help reverse the negative effects of unhealthy habits.read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 12, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Raychelle Cassada Lohmann, M.S., L.P.C. Tags: Child Development Diet Health Parenting Self-Help exercise health and fitness teen health Source Type: news

Good Food Is Good Medicine
Hippocrates is famously quoted as saying “Let food be thy medicine and let medicine be thy food.” What does this actually mean in practice in our daily lives? Well, I think about this quote often when I am deciding what foods I should buy when shopping for my family and subsequently preparing healthy meals at home. read more (Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center)
Source: Psychology Today Food and Diet Center - December 10, 2014 Category: Nutrition Authors: Clay Routledge, Ph.D. Tags: Diet Health Integrative Medicine Social Life cooking food allergies food sensitivities healthy diets healthy foods hippocrates journal medicine food mindful eating processed foods Source Type: news