4. SHAWN TALBOTT, Ph.D.SHAWN TALBOTT, Ph.D.
Why stress makes you fatWhy stress makes you fat
and ruins your health –and ruins your health –
And what you can do about it!And what you can do about it!
17. 5 days of extreme
starvation, exercise
and sleep deprivation
Cortisol levels up and
performance down
After 5 days of rest and
refueling, the cortisol
did not returned to
normal
18. • Male and Female
• Male stress levels
drop after work
• Female stress
continues as they
have to deal with
housework and
family
29. Cortisol in the Media
More Than 1,000 News Articles Over the Past Year!
• Time, Washington Post, Men’s Health, Prevention,
Glamour, Shape, Woman’s World, Reader’s Digest,
Reuters, ABC, MSNBC…
1st International Symposium on Cortisol, Stress
and Health
• May 2002 - Experts from United States, Canada, and
Europe gathered in Park City, Utah presented
emerging research related to cortisol
New Book: The Cortisol Connection
• Published September 2002