Psychologic Hunger is all too Real

Can we please, please stop pretending that weight loss is just a matter of ‘Eat Less, Move More’?

Dr. Jason Fung
8 min readApr 10, 2024

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The last blog argued that hunger is the root cause of eating ‘excess’ calories. That is, hunger (which is a hormonally mediated state) leads to eating more calories which leads to weight gain. This does not break any ‘laws of thermodynamics’…

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Dr. Jason Fung

Nephrologist. New York Times best selling author. Interest in type 2 diabetes reversal and intermittent fasting. Founder www.TheFastingMethod.com.