Snacks, Overeating, and Sensory Science

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07/10/2009

Jul. 10, 2009

Snacks, Overeating, and Sensory Science

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Got a weakness for chocolate chip cookies? Kettle chips? Pizza? Ira talks with former FDA commissioner David Kessler about how tasty foods change your brain, and how the food industry designs the fat, salt, and sugar-laden snacks you crave. Kessler, the former head of the FDA during the Bush and Clinton administrations, is the author of the new book "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite." Is overeating a lack of willpower, or a disease?

Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer

Guests

David Kessler
Author, "The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite" (Rodale Books, 2009)

Former FDA commissioner, 1990-1997

Professor, Pediatrics, Epidemiology and Biostatistics

University of California, San Francisco

San Francisco, California
Gail Vance Civille
President,
Sensory Spectrum

New Providence, New Jerse

Jul. 10, 2009