insight • control • recovery
EATING BEHAVIOR PROGRAM
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
Eating is an easy and familiar activity, but for some can be one of the hardest to control. When chaotic intake leads to excess weight gain, physical and emotional health can be affected. Unsuccessful efforts to break long-established habits demonstrate how difficult the process can be, especially since it's often incompatible with making the most convenient, economical, or indulgent food choices. Gaining insight into behaviors which can lead to overweight is the first step to taking control, to balancing discipline and satisfaction, to making the necessary and meaningful changes which lead to recovery.
Because everyone has their own unique relationship with food, the program begins with a thorough dietary behavior history. Subsequent group sessions led by Dr. Specter, a physician and Nutrition Scientist, help uncover thoughts and emotions that contribute to dysregulated eating and teach principles of diet, metabolism, and the neurobiology of eating behavior. The core objective for each participant is to develop individualized strategies to replace self-defeating actions with sustainable habits and food choices, taking advantage of the collective support and mutual accountability only a group setting can offer.
Program developed and led by: S.E. Specter MD PhD
GROUP FORMATION:
• New participants are currently being screened for upcoming
groups currently being organized
• Space is limited and a physician referral is preferred
• Attend one of the free monthly informational meetings -
next meeting date: to be announced
• For information on individual cost, contact 310 409 9281
• Statements are issued monthly; participants must attend
>75% of monthly sessions to advance to each succeeding
program phase
• Although the program does not contract with insurance
carriers, statements can typically be presented for partial
insurance reimbursement
• Special groups for pre- and post-operative bariatric surgery
patients as well as for overeating/overweight adolescents are
currently in development
• For further details, contact 310·409·9281
program includes:
individual dietary and eating behavior analysis
nutritional metrics -- including metabolic rate, muscle-to-fat
ratio, and micronutrient intake
medical monitoring, including regular review of labs for
nutrition-related indices
risk factor assessment for medical complications associated
with being overweight
review of potential medication effects on appetite/weight
behavioral modification sessions and eating activities
§ SPECIAL TOPICS COVERED §
▪ exploring the origins of your own out-of-control eating
▪ coping with emotional, environmental, and food-related
triggers to dysregulated intake
▪ how significant people in your life may help or hinder your
progress
▪ recognizing impulsive vs. compulsive overeating
▪ nutritional keys to combating hunger
▪ recalibrating your mental "set point" for fullness
▪ how excessive eating restraint can be a set-up for food
binging
▪ the realistic importance of metabolism in weight control
▪ do certain foods have addictive qualities?
▪ strategies to gradually shape food preferences
▪ how economizing on food purchases can lead to costly
setbacks in Calorie control
▪ preparing for long-term weight maintenance and overcoming
temporary setbacks
Results From the Most Recent Group
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