Everybody’s Got ‘Em

September 12, 2023
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The Brainweighve app can help silence the “food noise,” the annoying and omnipresent background chatter that can plague those trying to lose weight.

Shushing the Food Noise, Part 2

September 11, 2023
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There are other ways than drugs to stop intrusive thoughts, including “food noise.” Dr. Pretlow has one solution, an app called BrainWeighve.

Shushing the Food Noise

September 8, 2023
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The new weight-loss drugs are good at silencing “food noise.” But there are other ways to make that intrusive voice shut up, no medication needed.

Food Noise Cacophony, Part 2

September 7, 2023
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The consensus seems to be that when a person discontinues taking -tide drug, the weight returns quicker than it was accumulated in the first place.

Food Noise Cacophony, Part 1

September 6, 2023
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Food noise is a newsworthy subject right now because so many people are taking the new GLP-1 weight-loss drugs. So, what is it and what causes food noise?

Do Drug Makers Tell It Like It Is? Part 3

September 5, 2023
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Many articles about the GLP-1 drugs share a similar trait, namely the invention or use of verbiage that doesn’t quite mean what it seems to. Read the samples.

Do Drug Makers Tell It Like It Is? Part 2

September 1, 2023
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Giving a break to the weight-loss drug makers is not the most effective incentive, and is not conducive to real progress.

Do Drug Makers Tell It Like It Is?

August 31, 2023
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Promotion of new weight-loss drugs includes using some intentionally confusing language to obscure such facts as the potential severity of side effects.

Personality, Behavior, and the New Weight-loss Drugs, Part 3

August 30, 2023
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Some people carry on eating after they’re full, which may be a clue as to how much compulsive eating is accounted for by behavioral addiction.

Personality, Behavior, and the New Weight Loss Drugs, Part 2

August 29, 2023
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Like many other things in life, obesity is multifactorial. One factor is, some folks are not reachable by logic, or even by an appeal to their self-interest.

Personality, Behavior, and the New Weight Loss Drugs

August 28, 2023
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Here are some interesting results of a brand new multi-author meta-analysis of information on personality traits associated with childhood obesity.

Behavior, a Big Word

August 25, 2023
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One problem with people is: Often it is not that difficult to put a finger on What Is Wrong, but sometimes people want to take a deep dive into the cesspit and spend a monumental amount of energy, endlessly elaborating on what is wrong. Another way to …

The -tide Drugs: Enthusiasm Runs Hot and Cold

August 24, 2023
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For the past few months, the -tide drugs (GLP-1 agonists) have dominated obesity news. The debate over the new weight-loss drugs is ongoing.

Enhancing the Language With Drugs

August 23, 2023
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First came the “Ozempic face.” Predictably, the “Ozempic butt” was not far behind. Then, there is the term “Ozempic shaming.”

The New Drugs, Through a Jaundiced Eye

August 22, 2023
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Medications like Wegovy and Ozempic are designed for chronic, continuous, potentially life-long use. They are not short-term solutions. Learn more.

Processed Food Documentary Stirs Things Up, Part 2

August 21, 2023
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Wherever people are overwhelmed by cravings, and afflicted by disorders like binge eating and stress eating, gigantic corporations stand by.

Processed Food Documentary Stirs Things Up

August 18, 2023
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Some food companies show nothing but contempt for customers, and indifference to the suffering caused by processed foods with too much sugar, salt, and fat.

Old Thoughts and New Applications

August 17, 2023
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Thousands of years ago, ancient philosophers wrote up the very best ideas on diet, self-improvement, habit forming, and more. Let’s take a quick look.

Habit Hints Can Change Lives, Continued

August 16, 2023
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The reward you deserve is the self-respect that comes from keeping the promise you made to yourself rather than a cupcake.

Habit Hints Can Change Lives

August 15, 2023
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The persistent practice of small incremental improvements can work wonders, and this applies to forming good health habits as well.

Additional Habit Advisories

August 14, 2023
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Motivation is all well and good, but often it simply isn’t enough to make something happen. Here are five suggestions for healthy habit forming.

More Deep Thoughts About Habits

August 11, 2023
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Establishing a routine takes conscious work, and the sooner we get over expecting it to be easy, the quicker we can transform the behavior into a habit.

Deep Thoughts About Habits

August 10, 2023
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Only when we get to the point of doing something without thinking does it become a habit. That process takes a while.

More Habit Advisories

August 9, 2023
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One of life’s mysteries is the astonishing speed with which a bad habit can materialize, compared to the much more leisurely pace set by good habit formation.

Habit Advisories — Another Group of Five

August 8, 2023
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We continue looking at various online sources and experts offering tips for the establishment and maintenance of positive habits.

Various Habit Advisories

August 7, 2023
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To promote positive life changes, you don’t have to have the willpower of steel. You just need to cultivate the habit of cultivating positive habits.

Some Habit Advisories

August 4, 2023
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Our past is not our destiny. A simple, everyday thing — like a good habit — can make an enormous difference, and the only way to find out is to give it a try.

Non-Adherence Is the Default Option

August 3, 2023
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Here’s why patients sometimes will not do what their medical advisors have advised them to do for their own good.

Obesity and Comedy

August 2, 2023
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What is it with comedians, obesity, and the compulsion to tell the public all about it? And here is a twist…

Blake Hammond Brings on the Fat Jokes

August 1, 2023
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For anyone who works in the field of obesity prevention, an overweight standup comic’s act might contain useful insights and even revelations.

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Profiles: Kids Struggling with Weight

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The Book

OVERWEIGHT: What Kids Say explores the obesity problem from the often-overlooked perspective of children struggling with being overweight.

About Dr. Robert A. Pretlow

Dr. Robert A. Pretlow is a pediatrician and childhood obesity specialist. He has been researching and spreading awareness on the childhood obesity epidemic in the US for more than a decade.
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Presentations

Dr. Pretlow’s invited presentation at the American Society of Animal Science 2020 Conference
What’s Causing Obesity in Companion Animals and What Can We Do About It

Dr. Pretlow’s invited presentation at the World Obesity Federation 2019 Conference:
Food/Eating Addiction and the Displacement Mechanism

Dr. Pretlow’s Multi-Center Clinical Trial Kick-off Speech 2018:
Obesity: Tackling the Root Cause

Dr. Pretlow’s 2017 Workshop on
Treatment of Obesity Using the Addiction Model

Dr. Pretlow’s invited presentation for
TEC and UNC 2016

Dr. Pretlow’s invited presentation at the 2015 Obesity Summit in London, UK.

Dr. Pretlow’s invited keynote at the 2014 European Childhood Obesity Group Congress in Salzburg, Austria.

Dr. Pretlow’s presentation at the 2013 European Congress on Obesity in Liverpool, UK.

Dr. Pretlow’s presentation at the 2011 International Conference on Childhood Obesity in Lisbon, Portugal.

Dr. Pretlow’s presentation at the 2010 Uniting Against Childhood Obesity Conference in Houston, TX.

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