How to Break the Hunger Habit

You can train your brain to resist the lure of tempting foods, Judson Brewer says in his new book, ‘The Hunger Habit.’

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Do you have a complicated relationship with food? If so, you’re not alone, according to Dr. Judson Brewer’s new book, “The Hunger Habit: Why We Eat When We’re Not Hungry and How to Stop.” Dr. Brewer, an addiction psychiatrist and neuroscientist, has seen “as many different ways to have a bad relationship with food” as he has patients.

Dr. Brewer wrote “The Hunger Habit” to address why we form bad eating habits and to challenge readers to break them using a 21-day plan.