Publications
Food Addiction and Disordered Eating Webinar
Sorting Through Dialectical Truths In this webinar, David Wiss MS RDN helps you sort through dialectical truths that plague the nutrition profession. People seem to pick a "campsite" and then wage war at the other camps. In other words, there are false dichotomies in the nutrition field. For example, someone once said that one cannot believe in...
Nutrition for Mental Health Webinar
Hot Topic: Nutrition for Mental Health David Wiss MS RDN presents to students at California State University Northridge about the connection between nutrition and mental health. This presentation covers the microbiome, substance use disorders, disordered eating, depression, recovery, and more. It's just over 50 minutes long, but worth every...
Does Alcohol Affect HbA1c? Video
How does alcohol affect HbA1c? David Wiss MS RDN describes the relationship between alcohol and glycohemoglobin (HbA1c) from a biospsychosocial perspective. Alcohol lowers HbA1c levels significantly and many researchers have concluded that alcohol is protective against T2DM. Sounds strange doesn't it? What are the mechanisms? Is it the alcohol...
Nutrition Interventions Amidst an Opioid Crisis
"Nutrition Interventions Amidst and Opioid Crisis: The Emerging Role of the RDN" by David Wiss MS RDN The opioid crisis has reached epidemic proportions. The time to include nutrition into the treatment paradigm has arrived. David Wiss is not afraid to take the lead, and is doing research on this topic at the University of California, Los...
Journal Articles by David Wiss
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles by David A. Wiss MS RDN orcid.org/0000-0003-1788-7368 (ORCID Link Takes You Directly To The Articles) Wiss, D. A., Avena, N., & Rada, P. (2018). Sugar addiction: From evolution to revolution. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 9(545). doi:10.3389/fpsyt.2018.00545 Wiss, D. A., Schellenberger, M., & Prelip, M. L....
Is There Science to Sugar Addiction?
Is There Science to Sugar Addiction??? I know, I know, I know...food addiction and sugar addiction are controversial topics, especially in the eating disorder community, where any kind of "diet" beliefs or behaviors are viewed as harmful. I agree that many of the proponents of sugar addiction and food addiction carry a very punitive "food...
Attentional Bias Video
Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction and Disordered Eating! Check out our latest video on Attentional Bias! This video is about Attentional Bias, which is the tendency for one's perception to be affected by their recurring thoughts at the time. In other...
Journal Publication: Nutrition Services in Los Angeles Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Rapid Assessment of Nutrition Services in Los Angeles Substance Use Disorder Treatment One of our research studies "Rapid Assessment of Nutrition Services in Los Angeles Substance Use Disorder Treatment Centers" was recently published in the Journal of Community Health. We assessed the prevalence of nutrition services in Los Angeles treatment...
Food Politics Video
Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction! Check out our latest video on Food Politics! Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health professionals who specialize in the treatment of addictions, eating...
David Wiss Speaking Schedule 2018
Mr. David Wiss has a passion for speaking at the podium. He is not afraid of large crowds. He loves to create PowerPoint presentations summarizing the latest research related to nutrition and substance use disorder, as well as other topics such as eating disorders, microbiome, food politics, and public health. Here you will find the David Wiss...
Impulsivity Video
Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction! Check out our seventh of many videos! This video is on impulsivity! https://youtu.be/2TI7fagC5dE Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health professionals who...
Trauma & Disordered Eating Video
Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction! Check out our sixth of many videos! This video is on trauma & disordered eating! Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health professionals who specialize in the...
ADHD & Disordered Eating Video
Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction! Check out our fifth of many videos! This video is on ADHD and disordered eating! https://youtu.be/0AoHSZbEOy0 Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health...
Social Media and Body Image Video
Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction! Check out our fourth of many videos! This video is on social media and body image! Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health professionals who specialize in the...
Microbiome and Mental Health Video
Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction! Check out our third of many videos! This video is on the microbiome and mental heath! Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health professionals who specialize in the...
Food Addiction Video
Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction! Check out our second of many videos! This video is on food addiction. Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health professionals who specialize in the treatment of...
Nutrition for Addiction Recovery Video
Nutrition for Addiction Recovery Video Nutrition in Recovery is thrilled to announce our new monthly newsletter! Get the latest information on Nutrition for Addiction! Check out our first of many videos! Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health professionals who specialize in the treatment...
Nutrition in Recovery Monthly Newsletter
Nutrition in Recovery Monthly Newsletter Nutrition in Recovery is a group practice of Registered Dietitian Nutritionists and other health professionals who specialize in the treatment of addictions, eating disorders, body image, mental health, as well as general wellness. Our monthly newsletter has finally arrived! We’re thrilled to announce that...
DEFANG Video
DEFANG Video by David Wiss MS RDN The Disordered Eating Food Addiction Nutrition Guide (DEFANG) was published in November 2016 in the Journal of Eating and Weight Disorders. The paper was designed to help sort out some of the confusion around food addiction, as it relates to eating disorder treatment. This video is a very brief summary of the...
PhD Public Health
David Wiss is in the Process of Earning his PhD Public Health from UCLA in the Department of Community Health Sciences! His Personal Statement has been included here: I am a working Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) with an academically focused private practice specializing in patients with challenging eating and substance use disorders. In...