ACEs: Light bulb moment or magic bullet for social ills in Scotland? [scotsman.com]

Alicia Doktor 2/13/194:00 AM

In the mid-1980s, doctors running a weight loss programme at a clinic in San Diego happened upon a startling discovery.

Struggling to understand why successful slimmers were quitting, lead physician Dr Vincent Felitti began interviewing the leavers and found many had experienced sexual abuse in childhood.

His findings led to a conclusion that would have major implications for public health – overeating was being used unconsciously as a protection from trauma suffered early in life.

[For more on this story by Chris Marshall, go to https://www.scotsman.com/news/...n-scotland-1-4870913]

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