The End of Overeating by David A. Kessler, David Kessler (2009, Hardcover)

I am not quite finished this book yet. To me it is not the type of book you just read through and then put away. I has taken me some time to think about what I have read and then read some more. AND IT IS ALL SCARY!!! Now I know why I have such a hard time being rational about my eating; why I can't stop eating certain foods; why I feel like I am in a vicious cycle! If you have foods you can't say "no" to, read this book. It's great! Even if I can't stop my eating (which I think I will be able to accomplish within the next six months or so), I have learned that it's not about willpower and not a character flaw, so I feel better about myself.

This was a helpful tool for me to kick start my new way of life as far as food is concerned. It helps you to look at food from a scientific and commercial aspect. It teaches the reader a bit about the food industry, particularly popular restaurant chains. When you learn of the methods used to sell their product to consumers it will make you angry, which will help change your view of their unhealthy products. I found the book to be more scientific than mental. Kessler presents many good reasons to avoid the highly processed foods that so many of us eat. My only complaint is that the book repeats itself alot. In certain parts I started to feel like I was reading the same thing over and over but phrased slightly different. I would recommend the book to anyone looking for some motivation to start eating better. I read it about a month ago, and I still think about certain things the book says as I eat, or choose what to eat.

Saw the author discuss this new book on the news , an important topic that affects us all in this country - an excellent work I highly recommend to anyone that eats !

Very interesting and informative; I didn't realize some of the ingredients that are in the processed food we buy ! Would recommend to everyone that cares what they're putting in their body.

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David Kessler, a former Surgeon General, explores the obvious concept that when we are presented with delicious food, we eat too much of it and then gain weight. This is not a startling revelation, but Kessler uses unnecessarily fancy vocabulary to express what could be said simply and plainly. Example: "The reinforcing properties of hyperpalatable foods are primarily in their capacity to stimulate the taste apparatus." And: "When we don't eat, we receive physiological cues that elicit a craving for food." The result: 304 pages (including 55 pages of footnotes) that give readers a firm grasp of eveybody already knows. Save your time and money for a book that can actually teach you something.

terrific---and meticulously documented---account of why we overeat by the former head of the FDA. This is the book you should get if you, like most Americans, has trouble with food. Forget the fad books; this one is based on real research by mainstream medicine---not based on anecdotes or pseudo research by food fadists

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The book is very interesting and makes you think about everything that you eat and why more than half of Americans are obese. The fast food industry has made Americans believe that what we eat is great but it's loaded with unhealthy products and that's makes us fat and prone to all types of horrible health issues.

It's the ugly truth but it's a good read.

It really tells how the food restaurant business overload the food with sugar, fat, and salt. Good book for all people that eat out and take home food as a life style. Heard about it from an alternative health doctor.

I found the title of this book compelling, and it was an easy book to read. I learned a lot about the food industry in the book and found it very motivating for my family grocery shopping as well as eating in restaurants.

This is probably one of the most important books that has been written on this subject. An absolute must for understanding why we overeat to obesity and then cannot lose the weight. It is very readable, while including the results of scientific studies, interviews with food industry, and Kessler's own research. As former head of the FDA, he knows of what he speaks.