Throughout her adult life, Oprah Winfrey has fought with her weight. She never thought that, in her life, medications would offer hope, health, and treatment for people like her. However, as she discusses with Dr. Ania Jastreboff from Yale School of Medicine, we have learned that obesity is not a choice. It’s not a matter of willpower. Obesity is a disease. It’s a matter of biology, created by our bodies’ need to survive and the environment we have built and live in today. And it is treatable.

New pharmaceutical therapies can reduce the set point of our body fat (the ’Sufficient Point’ of our brain), allowing us to lose weight without fighting biology with willpower. Dr. Jastreboff describes strategies for promoting health and managing side effects, all with the reassuring perspective of decades of experience in treating patients with obesity and conducting research with these medications.

Many of her patients report that the ‘food noise’ that pressured them for years has disappeared. They describe a new freedom from intrusive, persistent, and disruptive thoughts about food. With treatment, they begin a journey of healing with self-compassion, without shame or guilt that society has imposed on them for decades.

Oprah says she learned a lot from Dr. Jastreboff about how, when it comes to weight, our bodies work together — but also oppose. Each of our problems is different, and our choices in living with obesity can also be different. Dr. Jastreboff’s groundbreaking research offers a new path forward, not only for treating obesity but for overall health, with significant implications for preventing and reversing hundreds of related diseases.

As this book demonstrates, when science meets empathy, true healing becomes possible. Yes, there is a pathway to healing and leading the life you’ve always desired, once your brain ensures that you have ‘enough’.

Pages: 288, Dimensions: 14.4x14.4cm