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DIED. STANLEY SCHACHTER, 75, social psychologist who found consequence in the quotidian; of colon cancer; in East Hampton, N.Y. Among his seemingly obvious notions: obese people overeat past the point of hunger; academics say "uhm" to buy time; individuals influence the stock market. He modestly called one of his theories "bubba psychology...
...course, gays have no monopoly on imprudent defiance of common sense. Americans by the millions continue to overeat, smoke, drink to excess, take "recreational" drugs, drive too fast and do other things they take pleasure in even though they know these practices could kill them...
...newly paved. Electronics mavens set them moving across giant LED screens on the walls. Not since Cecil B. DeMille caused lightning to peck the Ten Commandments onto Charlton Heston's tablets had American culture spent so much on lettering. All this to tell the world it should not overeat. Tipicamente americano, one might think...
...fasting phase of the diet, which generally lasts from three to six months, is pricey: about $100 a week (part of which may be reimbursed by medical insurance). After hitting their goals, patients go on less expensive maintenance programs, designed to help them fend off cravings to overeat...
Emily Fox, a clinician associated with the Tufts Department of Psychology in Medford, plans to interview about 75 women to determine if bulimia--a form of anorexia in which victims overeat and then try to lose the weight they have gained by self-induced vomiting--is purely psychological...