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Why your body fights weight loss | Katherine Saunders

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Health & Fitness, Fitness, Shoshana Ungerleider, Medicine, How To Be Healthier, Ted Shoshana, Ted Talks Health

4.21.5K Ratings

🗓️ 19 August 2025

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Why does losing weight often feel like an uphill battle? Physician Katherine Saunders unpacks how our bodies are wired to store fat, revealing that obesity isn’t simply a lack of willpower — it’s a complex, chronic disease rooted in evolutionary biology. She shares the science behind the latest breakthroughs in treatment, from lifestyle interventions to powerful new medications.

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dr shoshana ungerleiter conventional weight loss advice tends to come down to the same

1:13.2

general advice. We've been told that willpower is the answer, that eating less and moving more is the

1:19.5

so-called cure. But what if the real story is far more complex and far more human? In this episode, physician Dr. Catherine Saunders unpacks what's

1:30.3

actually going on in our bodies, our brains, and our culture when it comes to weight. Obesity

1:36.9

has long been misunderstood, and that can lead to a lot of judgment of others and sometimes of

1:42.6

ourselves. Dr. Saunders' insights are grounded in science,

1:46.2

but they're also deeply compassionate and refreshingly honest. Whether it's for you or someone you

1:52.3

love, this is a conversation that might just reframe everything you thought you knew about weight.

1:58.2

And if you want, what it really takes to support lasting, meaningful change.

2:04.1

And now, Catherine Saunders. I'm going to tell you something that's going to surprise you. It might

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