Eating Alone

In my most recent Substack essay, linked here: Eating Alone, I reflect on a quiet but increasingly common habit: eating alone, and often without fully noticing the meal at all. As an endocrinologist, much of my work focuses on metabolism, appetite, and how the body regulates hunger and satiety. Over time, I’ve become interested not only in what we eat, but in the circumstances in which we eat it. Drawing on clinical experience and emerging research, I explore how distracted or solitary eating can disrupt the body’s natural satiety signals, weaken our memory of meals, and subtly influence metabolic health over time. Through stories from my practice and insights from endocrinology, I consider why meals were historically shared events, how modern life has turned them into moments of forgettable fuel, and why the simple act of sitting down to eat—whether alone or with others—may matter more to the body than we realize.

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