Erik Hemmingsson
Erik Hemmingsson, born in 1973, is one of Sweden’s leading obesity researchers. He has a PhD in Exercise & Health Sciences at the University of Bristol, as well as in medicin with a focus on clinical obesity research (treatment) at the Karolinska Institute. During the years 2010-2015 he was research group leader at the Obesity Centre at the Karolinska University Hospital, and he is a docent in metabolism. He has been invited as a lecturer to academic conferences around the world, talking in particular about reasons for obesity such as social and psychological factors, stress, mental illness, and the regulation of body weight. He is currently active as a researcher at the Swedish School of Sport and Health Sciences in Stockholm.
Books by Erik Hemmingsson
Bodies at War
Erik Hemmingsson, Stina Wollter
Many of us struggle with impossible weight goals and a fatphobic diet culture that hurts more than it helps. In this book, obesity medicine specialist Erik Hemmingsson and artist Stina Wollter share shocking testimonies on weight bullying, both in so…
The End of Dieting
Erik Hemmingsson
Weight loss is a struggle shared by many, and it can result in a feeling of failure and self-criticism. In The End of Dieting researcher Erik Hemmingsson, failing to lose weight is not your own fault. Losing and gaining weight is connected to our dif…
