2Hungry4 (too hungry for)
video-installation by Sneja D , (2003)

A hungry hormone
It may be the stomach's way of shouting to the brain, 'Feed me!' Dieting just makes it louder
By Josh Fischman

Hunger is important in our evolution. It is a backup mechanism to keep us from starving. When hunger hits, it may not be your stomach grumbling. It may be your hormones-specifically, the oddly named ghrelin, one of the strongest appetite stimulants known. It's so potent that people injected with it chow down as if there's no tomorrow.

Ghrelin, produced in the gut, may be the reason that the more people diet, the hungrier they feel - and the reason why so many dieters fail. Ghrelin may link the stomach to the brain chemically, letting the stomach say "feed me" when food gets scarce.
In other words, people who try to shed pounds by depriving themselves of food through crash diets are fighting against a feedback mechanism that becomes more insistent the more weight they lose. Essentially, nobody has success with dieting.

See the 5/23/02 New England Journal of Medicine on Ghrelin and Weight Loss -
Volume 346:1623-1630 May 23, 2002 n°21

Too Hungry For (2H4) - does not only stand in relation to FOOD. It may be associated to any situation in our life.

 

 

Sneja DOBROSAVELJEVIC

- born 15.01.1971
- diploma in "Applied Multimedia Communications"
at IHECS (Institut des Hautes Etudes des Communications Sociales), Brussels
- mixed media
- lives and works in Luxembourg

 

EXHIBITIONS:

1993 XVIme Biennale de la Peinture et de la Sculpture des Jeunes à Esch/Alzette (Luxembourg)
1994 Exposition personnelle à la Theaterstiffchen à Esch/Alzette (Luxembourg)
1995 XVIIme Biennale de la Peinture et de la Sculpture des Jeunes à Esch/Alzette (Luxembourg)
1997 XVIIIme Biennale de la Peinture et de la Sculpture des Jeunes à Esch/Alzette (Luxembourg)

 

snejasnow@excite.com