Hypothesis: overeating is self-medication for emotional pain
Hi,
I admit I haven't read your entire Chemical Hunger series. I did read the mysteries and the conclusion. And I did a "find on page" for the terms "adverse childhood", "roseto", and "blue zones", and found zero hits.
I recommend watching this 7 minute video by the director of the original ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study. He was originally working on a weight-loss program at Kaiser (HMO). Of note: 55% of the women who were overweight had been sexually abused as a kid:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3cCAcGeG8E
I emailed this to SMTM this morning:
Hypothesis: overeating is self-medication for emotional pain
Hi,
I admit I haven't read your entire Chemical Hunger series. I did read the mysteries and the conclusion. And I did a "find on page" for the terms "adverse childhood", "roseto", and "blue zones", and found zero hits.
I recommend watching this 7 minute video by the director of the original ACEs (Adverse Childhood Experiences) study. He was originally working on a weight-loss program at Kaiser (HMO). Of note: 55% of the women who were overweight had been sexually abused as a kid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3cCAcGeG8E
And check out the CDC site: https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/aces/fastfact.html
A more in-depth talk Dr. Felitti gave: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ns8ko9-ljU
And this tribute to him is informative too https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q22Zt6aGwsA&t=514s
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