Turning down the food noise, with Dr. Nina Crowley
Nutrition Diva
Macmillan Holdings, LLC
4.4 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 27 March 2024
⏱️ 31 minutes
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Summary
In today's episode, we're exploring the phenomenon of “food noise,” how it relates to our overall health and weight management, and some ways to turn down the volume.
Dr. Nina Crowley is a registered dietitian as well as a doctor of psychology–affectionately known to her friends and colleagues as the “Psycho-dietitian.“ Nina has years of experience working in the field of bariatrics and as an educator and advocate against weight stigma and bias–much of which is rooted in mistaken beliefs and erroneous thinking about the nature of this disease.
Some of the topics included in our discussion:
- Four dimensions that distinguish “food noise” from run-of-the-mill cravings
- How this phenomenon is experienced by people living with overweight and obesity
- The impact of weight loss medications on food noise
- Biological mechanisms of GLP-1 agonists, including their effects on gut hormones and brain regions related to reward and motivation.
- Stigma and misconceptions associated with obesity and the use of medications.
- How even a short break from persistent, intrusive thoughts opens a window of opportunity for more lasting change
- The role of behavioral and nutrition support in the medical treatment of obesity
- Behavioral strategies for managing food noise
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Ozempic plateaus, muscle loss, and more (Nutrition Diva #738)
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Mentioned in this episode:
https://www.weightwatchers.com/us/food-noise
Research:
What Is Food Noise? A Conceptual Model of Food Cue Reactivity - PMC (nih.gov)
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to the nutrition diva podcast a show where we take a closer |
| 0:09.7 | look at the latest research trends and headlines to help you make more informed decisions about |
| 0:16.0 | your own health and nutrition. I'm your host, Monica Reinagal, and today we're talking about the concept of |
| 0:22.4 | food noise, |
| 0:23.6 | a term that's become a bit of a buzzword lately. |
| 0:27.3 | We're going to explore what this term means, |
| 0:29.9 | how it relates to our overall health, our weight management, |
| 0:34.2 | and maybe even some ways to turn down the volume. |
| 0:38.6 | Joining me to talk about all of this |
| 0:39.9 | is Dr. Nina is a registered dietician nutritionist as well as a doctor of psychology. |
| 0:46.0 | She's affectionately known to her friends and colleagues as the psycho dietician. |
| 0:51.0 | Nina has years of experience working in the field of bariatrics as well as as an educator and advocate against weight stigma and bias and a lot of that is rooted in mistaken beliefs and erroneous thinking about the nature of this disease. |
| 1:06.1 | And we're going to get into all of that today. |
| 1:07.6 | Welcome to the podcast, Nina. |
| 1:09.7 | Thanks, Monica. |
| 1:10.6 | I'm so excited to be here with you. |
| 1:19.1 | There's been so much talk over the past couple of years about these new weight loss medications, the GLP1 agonists, which have really revolutionized both the treatment options for obesity and our |
| 1:27.2 | understanding of this disease condition and other related medical conditions. |
| 1:33.0 | And Wagovi and Ozempik are the brand names |
| 1:35.7 | that have gotten the most airtime, |
| 1:37.6 | but there are a whole class of drugs |
| 1:40.1 | in this category and there are more coming in the pipeline. |
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