The End of Overeating
Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite

Through the beginning of this book, I was prepared to give two stars. It was really repetitive, citing multiple animal studies that were all similar. A couple of studies would have sufficed... boring! Also, parts of it made me hungry. Whatever. Then, toward the middle of the book, it drifted up toward the four-star mark as I heard dirty stories about various restaurants' marketing strategies and stuff. That part was pretty interesting and I felt like some of the info might help me change my thinking about bad food. Then came the last chapter, containing Dr. Kessler's ideas for solutions to our overeating problems. And you'll never guess who he feels should fix it. Yes, that's right: the government. Kessler proceeds to outline his plan for all of these well-funded programs and mandates, etc. that are supposed to make all of us stop eating bad food. Because as you know, government should be responsible for fixing all of our problems, and it's always great at doing so. Let's remove personal responsibility from the equation altogether, shall we? I'll bet it's jackwagons like this guy who are behind those trans-fat bans. Maybe David A. Kessler will be willing to foot the bill for all of these wonderful well-funded programs? And you won't believe this part: Dr. Kessler concludes by recommending that we as a society start looking down on and socially stigmatizing people who eat bad food, or snack between meals. You know, like we do gays, and unwed mothers, and other people who participate in behaviors that don't personally affect us at all. Because that makes a ton of sense, and usually works, right? I despise you, David A. Kessler. You are a blithering turd. May you never again place pen to paper.

I am really disappointed with this book. It starts off promising: foods that have a lot of sugar, fat, and salt make us want to keep eating, especially foods with even more sugar, fat, and salt. To add to this fun, some people are wired to overeat while others are able to stop. If you're wired to ov......more

This book is SO mis-titled. A more accurate title would be "The History of Overeating: How and Why the American Appetite Became Insatiable". If you are looking for information about the reasons for the obesity epidmic there is a lot of information here about how certain food characteristics promote......more

Loy Machedo’s Book Review – The End of Over-eating by David A. Kessler Ever since I have been going through the Battle of the Bulge I have literally struggled to lose weight. I soon realized that the biggest challenges I had was not exercise. Rather my inability to stay away from Food. The Aroma of C......more

I've always wondered why despite the successes I've had in just about every aspect of my life, I cannot control my eating. I now think I have a clue as to why this is as a result of reading this book. The first part of the book is a little dense since he talks about the principles of neuroscience a......more

So far this my favorite book on palatability, food reward and the effect of the modern environment on obesity. The book is very engaging and easy to read. I've listened to it in the audio and it kept me hooked all the way to the end. Some of the concepts of what creates hyper-palatability were also......more