Tuesday, January 02, 2007

Are You Really Ready To Clean Up Your Act?

We’re fat. We smoke. Drink too much. Don’t exercise enough. And our stress levels are off the charts. We’re killing ourselves, and we know it. And yet we carry on—overeating, lighting up, slumping in front of the television and throwing back another beer—inspiring some of the greatest thinkers in the worlds of genomics, neuroscience, biochemistry and evolutionary psychology to ponder the Big Mac of medical questions: Why is it so hard for people to change? In the end, what doctors and studies and experts have pointed out is that the thing that really helps to change behavior is something hard to measure but ultimately powerful. Change comes from the heart, not the head.

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Posted by Tom Beckman on 01/02 at 12:51 PM
Addiction • Emotions • Obesity • Psychology • Relationships • (0) Comments • Permalink
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