Ramani Durvasula, PhD

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How could my attempt to lose weight affect my relationship?

When one person in a relationship makes the decision to lose weight, what can happen? Well,... Full Answer

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How can being in a relationship affect my eating habits?

I often speculate on how relationships contribute to weight gain. As someone who was once... Full Answer

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Why has the rate of obesity increased over the years?

When you look at obesity trends in this country, obesity has been steadily rising.

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What are the traits of self-actualized people?

The concept of self-actualization is "aspirational" meaning it is something to move toward. The

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What treatment is used for weight management?

There is no single treatment - there are numerous factors that are brought to bear in weight

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What are the symptoms of anxiety?

Broadly written - the symptoms of anxiety are arousal and avoidance. When we fear something

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What does malingering mean?

Malingering is the conscious faking of symptoms - physical or psychiatric - for monetary or

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Why should I track my exercise progress?

There are lots of reasons - and sometimes it is just to see where you have been and where you

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Why does comfort food make us happy?

I'm not convinced it makes us "happy". It is reinforcing - so it may make us feel "good" - or

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Why should I figure out the emotional issues related to my weight problem?

There are as many meanings to what the food and carrying extra weight (or not enough weight)

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How can preparing my own meals help me eat healthy?

Our brains deal with satiety -- or the sense of being "full" -- in several ways. Food hits us at

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In order to lose weight, what are some things I should not do?

1.  Diet - restricting calories to unmangeably low levels or cutting out many food groups

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How does ventilating anger do more harm than good?

It depends on how the anger is packaged as well.  Anger is a real feeling, but a complicated... Full Answer

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Why do I need counseling to quit drinking/using drugs?

Drug and alcohol abuse get put into place by numerous forces so addressing it also requires a... Full Answer

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Why doesn't dieting ever seem to work?

Because dieting is usually treated as a temporary phase to "get weight off" and as such is... Full Answer

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