S2 Episode 9 - When you want to rebel

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Ever wonder why you feel defiant and rebellious, especially after you’ve had some weight-loss success or a good streak for a few days? Listen as I explain why this happens and what you can to protect yourself from faltering.

Brian Wansink, author of Mindless Eating, has been under scrutiny for how he “massaged data” to form is famous “conclusions” but if his suggestions and “conclusions” still work and help people lose weight, where does that leave us?!

Original buzzfeed article
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/stephaniemlee/brian-wansink-cornell-p-hacking#.kvx0x2R2J

The Extent and Consequences of P-Hacking in Science
https://journals.plos.org/plosbiology/article?id=10.1371/journal.pbio.1002106

Why Most Published Research Findings Are False
https://journals.plos.org/plosmedicine/article?id=10.1371/journal.pmed.0020124

The Trials of Amy Cuddy
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/science/2017/10/did_power_posing_guru_amy_cuddy_deserve_her_public_shaming.html

A NOTE FROM BRIAN WANSINK ON RESEARCH
https://foodpsychology.cornell.edu/research-statement-april-2017

Brian Wansink: Data Masseur, Media Villain, Emblem of a Thornier Problem
https://undark.org/article/brian-wansink-data-masseur-science/