- bio
Traci Mann is a professor at the University of Minnesota, where she founded the Health and Eating Lab—otherwise known as the Mann Lab. She received her Ph.D. from Stanford University, and served as a professor at UCLA for nine years before moving to the University of Minnesota. She is the author of Secrets From the Eating Lab: The Science of Weight Loss, the Myth of Willpower, and Why You Should Never Diet Again. Mann has published many studies in scholarly journals, and continues to lead research focused on the psychology behind dieting, obesity, and self-control.