Do the new, remarkably effective GLP-1 obesity medications eliminate the need for obesity interventions such as the BrainWeighve app?

Tirzepatide, a medication combining semaglutide with another GLP-1 agonist, known as Mounjaro, is approved for type 2 diabetes but widely used for weight loss.

Do the new, remarkably effective GLP-1 obesity medications eliminate the need for obesity interventions?

Today’s question is: Do the new, remarkably effective GLP-1 obesity medications eliminate the need for obesity interventions such as BrainWeighve?

Random, reactive displacement behaviors usually only make things worse, while conscious displacement can create a space for positive change.

A perplexing aspect of the displacement mechanism is why it becomes excessive and destructive in some individuals.

It’s possible the destructive displacement behavior may become the sole coping avenue, may be self-reinforcing, and may reach a “point of no return.”

The advantage of an interactive app is that you can hear it from peers who will attest to the fact that this works, and they want you to know it.

Displacing thoughtlessly can lead to undesirable results, ranging from useless to addictive. Displacing consciously can give a person a chance to reset.

If reverting to a displacement behavior can prevent some violence in the animal world, maybe that is all part of the Big Scheme of Things.

Dr. Pretlow has published “A Unified Theory of Addiction,” a paper presenting evidence that the universal source of addiction is the displacement mechanism.

Aside from feeding food obsession and encouraging such disorders as anorexia, electronic socializing can spill over into other potentially problematic areas.

Tarrare was a real historical character who looked like an addict and behaved like an addict — but probably was not.

A lot is being said about the recent success of the new weight loss drugs with stifling food noise. But some aren’t OK with consuming food without the pleasure.

Is food addiction a disease? Is there enough evidence to justify calling it that? If ever there was a multifactorial problem, addiction is it.

Eating itself can be addictive. Displacement is the brain’s goal. Nevertheless, cues (stimuli) are essential to trigger the displacement mechanism.

Our modern environment, especially because of omnipresent media, is jam-packed with cues that say “Eat! Eat! Eat!”

To Dr. Pretlow’s mind, the universal source of addictive behavior is displacement, an “innate, instinctual biobehavioral mechanism.”

Not all foods are associated with addictive-like eating, but some foodstuffs are literally addictive substances. It’s a matter rife with controversy.

The average American child absorbs around 16,000 TV commercials per year, a great many of them featuring food — and not good food.

In protecting children’s health, is encouraging the food industry to market healthful food to kids important, necessary, or even ethical?

Our goal should be to help children develop a healthy relationship to food. Foisting character-branded products on them undermines that effort.

One study showed that children who are already obese are more vulnerable than normal-weight children to the blandishments of TV food ads.

Rechanneling a displacement activity into another displacement activity instead is not an ultimate cure but can be extremely helpful.

Maintaining a habit is quite stressful, and addiction inevitably causes even more problems and more stress the person is trying to alleviate or avoid.

For many of us when experiencing a problem, “Eat it into submission” is the answer. Rechanneling overflow mental energy to a non-destructive behavior can help.

Finding higher-quality, productive, creative, attractive, meaningful displacements that give you a chance to use your skills can be life-saving.

In addition to dealing with the sources of the displacement, it also is possible to replace the displacement with another displacement that is less destructive.

It’s a good idea for parents to let a child follow an enthusiasm, no matter how silly or useless it might seem.

One of the purposes of Brainweighve app is to teach users how to rechannel the overflow brain energy to non-harmful displacement behaviors.