Rewire Your Brain For Weight Loss

There's more to losing weight than simply counting kilojoules and exerxising, as a new book shows. 

- Sarah Marinos

The Australian weight-loss industry is worth about $6.35 million a year, but 95 per cent of people who lose weight put it back on within 12 months. To ensure you’re one of the five per cent who keep it off, you need to get your brain involved.

Sydney-based doctor Dr Helena Popovic has written NeuroSlimmng: Let your brain change your body (Viking, $35). She says our brain plays a key role in deciding how, where and why our body stores fat – and to get slimmer we really need to use our brain.

Here, Dr Popovic explains how you can make it work for you.

Q. How does your brain affect your weight?