Kessler, David A.

Summary: Why do we think, feel, and act in ways we wished we did not? For decades, Dr. David A Kessler has studied this question with regard to tobacco, food, and drugs. Over the course of these investigations, he identified one underlying mechanism common to a broad range of human suffering. This phenomenon--capture--is the process by which our attention is hijacked and our brains commandeered by...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Wave, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 616.8 KES

Kessler, David A.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Public Affairs 2001

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.194 KES

Kessler, David A.

Summary: "Most of us know what it feels like to fall under the spell of food when one slice of pizza turns into half a pie, or a handful of chips leads to an empty bag. But it's harder to understand why we can't seem to stop eating even when we know better. When we want so badly to say "no," why do we continue to reach for food? Dr. David Kessler, the dynamic former FDA commissioner who reinvented the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Audio 2009

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Kessler, David A.

Summary: Argues that the combination of sugars, fats, and salts "hijacks" the human body's eating habits, creating a dangerous cycle of overeating, and promotes healthy eating habits and methods to avoid overeating.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Roaring Brook Press 2012

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 613 KES