Food Addiction Is Real: How to Break Cravings Susan Peirce Thompson, PhD

The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee by Physicians Committee

Jul 28, 202601:06:59Health

Junk food was harder for Susan Peirce Thompson to quit than crack cocaine. The founder and CEO of Bright Line Eating joins Chuck Carroll for a deeply personal conversation about food addiction, compulsive eating, craving...

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