Sandra Aamodt: Why dieting doesn't usually work
Sandra Aamodt: Pse dietat zakonisht nuk funksionojne
Sandra Aamodt explores the neuroscience of everyday life, examining new research and its impact on our understanding of ourselves. Full bio
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what to have for dinner.
e jeteses per te levizur peshen tuaj
tell your body to lose it,
i thone trupit ta humbasi ate,
qe kushtet ndryshojne.
the setting on the thermostat,
perdorimin e veglave te fuqishme
truri juaj mund te tregoje
ndaj humbjes ne peshe ka kuptim.
mbijetesa e paraardhesve tane
against the next shortage.
per shkak te nje urie te vazhdueshme,
hamburgera pa dale nga makinat,
disa nga pacientet e tij pas ne kohen
te kthehen ne hames te tepruar.
ne fillimet e viteve te adoleshences
e crregullimit te ngrenies.
sa me e shendetshme te jete menyra e jeteses
qe njerezit te vdesin gjate studimit.
ndihmon edhe njerezit obeze gjithashtu.
won't make you lose weight
nuk do ju bej te humbisni peshe
tek shume njerez,
tani jane te fokusuar
tashme te gjithe te dobet.
ndaj crregullimit te ngrenies,
zbatimin e tij te qendrueshem
me te lumtura dhe te shendetshme
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Sandra Aamodt - Neuroscientist and science writerSandra Aamodt explores the neuroscience of everyday life, examining new research and its impact on our understanding of ourselves.
Why you should listen
Sandra Aamodt is a neuroscientist and science writer, who takes the complexities of neuroscience research and whips them into fun reads that give people a better understanding of their minds and behavior. Her books Welcome to Your Brain and Welcome to Your Child's Brain (both written with Sam Wang) are designed to bring neuroscience to a general audience, and they've both been widely translated. Aamodt's science writing has also appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, El Mundo and the Times of London.
From 2003 to 2008, Aamodt was the editor-in-chief of Nature Neuroscience, a leading scientific journal in the field of brain research. She brings a significant scientific background to the task of explaining new research without creating neurobunk. During her career, she has read over five thousand neuroscience papers, and written many editorials on science policy.
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