The Impact on Food Noise & Weight Management

It was an honor to be featured on Dr. Jim Hill and Dr. Holly Wyatt’s podcast discussing the impact of food noise on weight management. We discuss the timing, content, intensity and impact of food noise and how people are experiencing it and turning down the noise with obesity medications and surgery. We get into our own experiences, and I love their ‘vulnerability’ questions!

Have you ever felt consumed by thoughts of food? Like an incessant craving that just won't quiet down? This experience has a name - "food noise."

Food noise is the relentless, intrusive preoccupation with eating highly palatable foods. For some, it can feel like a constant buzzing in the background that sabotages their best efforts to eat healthfully. Join us as we explore this phenomenon with Dr. Nina Crowley, a dietitian and health psychologist with nearly two decades in the field of obesity care.

Understand what contributes to food noise and why some people experience it more intensely than others. Discover strategies to turn down the volume on those disruptive food thoughts.

Tune in to gain valuable insights from Dr. Crowley's expertise in working with patients struggling with food noise, including those who have found relief through anti-obesity medications or bariatric surgery.

Discussed on the episode:

• Dr. Crowley's comprehensive definition of food noise, encompassing timing, content, intensity, and impact

• Whether food noise is a new phenomenon or has always existed

• The role our modern food environment plays in exacerbating food noise

• Exploring if a reduction in food noise could have downsides

• Tips for managing food noise through therapy, intuitive eating, and interdisciplinary care teams

• Personal perspectives from Jim, Holly, and Nina on their own experiences with food noise