It took Covid-19—and a brush with death—to turn Boris Johnson into one of the world’s foremost anti-obesity advocates.
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Does BMI Really Matter?
Body Mass Index, the one number that nearly everyone uses to categorize overweight and obesity, is pretty much garbage.
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How Metabolic Syndrome Snuck Up on America
One of the unforeseen lessons of the coronavirus pandemic is how vulnerable our poor metabolic health makes us. Even fro…
What the New York Times Neglected to Say About Covid-19
On June 1, the New York Times published two articles, exploring what we do know and what we don’t know about the coronav…
In the Age of COVID-19, Metabolic Health is More Important than Ever
As an endocrinologist, I am very familiar with the type of people who are most at risk from COVID-19. They’re usually ol…
Why I Gave Up on Weight Loss and Accepted My Body
I know there are plenty of folks out there who will say it’s crazy and lazy to give up on weight loss. (Probably the sam…
Assess Your Prediabetes Risk in Under One Minute
86 million people in the U.S. have prediabetes, but 90% of them don’t know they have it. 30% of these individuals will t…
Notes From The Obesity Society Conference 2010
Last month the Obesity Society held its 28th Annual Scientific Meeting, Obesity 2010, in San Diego. A number of prominen…
Male Obesity Linked to Low Testosterone Levels
Obesity, a condition linked to heart disease and diabetes, now appears to be associated with another health problem, but…
Obesity: Overeating Is Planned and Designed Into Our Foods
Call me late to the game, this book came out last year, but I just read Dr. David Kessler's The End of Overeating, Takin…
