Can a Negative Body Image Make You Gain Weight?

Can You Think Yourself Fat?

By Emily Yoffe
O, The Oprah Magazine | From the January 2008 issue of O, The Oprah Magazine

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You can lose all the weight you like, but until your self-image catches up with your new, thinner body, you're in danger of gaining it right back. Emily Yoffe reports on the phenomenon of phantom fat.

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