Dr Ford Brewer - PrevMed

Diets: Name-calling VS Obesity - FORD BREWER MD MPH

Episode Summary

We get too focused on debating our theory of weight loss & forget to focus on the outcomes. Meanwhile, the average American is now borderline obese. Is it really the time for name-calling? Weight loss has undeniable mental/emotional components. Even if a diet may not fit the nutritional and metabolic theories, the important thing is getting to a healthy weight. This article shows how obesity drives Insulin Resistance and CV inflammation - including the metabolic pathway. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3679475/ This shows the animated CDC obesity maps: https://www.cdc.gov/obesity/data/prevalence-maps.html

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