How Stress, Doomscrolling, and Attention Can Affect Weight Loss When I originally wrote my 12 Weight Loss Tips, Tip #7 was simple: Turn Off the News. Today, I would expand that advice to include social media and the endless stream of information available on our phones. Staying informed is one thing. Spending hours consuming bad news, arguments, alarming headlines, etc. is something else entirely—and it may affect your health in ways you don't immediately recognize. When the brain perceives...