Get a load of this headline: “Prescribe More Obesity Meds, Say Docs, as New Agents on Horizon.” Sure, let’s prescribe a pill for a lifestyle disease! To be fair, I realize that not everyone who [...]
Category: Obesity
That “spare tire” may increase your cancer risk
I’ve been speaking out about the dangers of obesity for decades. Yet the problem is still growing—all puns intended—despite ample awareness. If you ask me, we should be pushing to make obesity [...]
Debunking the myth of “healthy obesity”
I’ve never really bought into the idea of “healthy obesity.” The premise that some people who are overweight or obese may actually be healthy has always struck me as a pipedream, and a [...]
The obesity epidemic is throwing mortality rates in reverse
Here’s some utterly unsurprising news for the day: The obesity epidemic is making it harder for our country to win the war against cancer and heart disease. Of course, given obesity’s role [...]
COVID-19 hospitalization risk can be prevented
Believe me, I’m as tired of writing about COVID-19 as you probably are of reading about it. But the fact is, we are still very much in the midst of this pandemic—and shoving our heads in the [...]
The latest diabesity statistics paint a grim picture
I first learned the term “diabesity” from my mentor, Dr. Robert Atkins, years ago. And I still use the term today—more often than not, unfortunately. It describes the twin epidemics of type 2 [...]
COVID-19: Obesity throws another wrench in recovery
Earlier this week, I exposed the high price of obesity throughout this pandemic—to one’s health and to society. That’s why, today, I’d like to reveal yet another crucial risk—one that could [...]
The shocking factor behind thousands of COVID deaths
I often talk to you about the health risks of obesity. And I’ve spent practically my entire career trying to teach people that we are what we eat… and that our choices do affect our health, both [...]
Could this fat be the “antidote” to obesity?
As I have written many times before, not all fat is bad for you. Quite the opposite, actually—“good fat” is beneficial for your health, and even mainstream nutrition is starting to come around to [...]
Here’s one thing 2020 didn’t change…
Happy New Year! I don’t know about you, but I couldn’t be more thrilled to close the door on 2020—even with all the uncertainty that still remains ahead. If nothing else, it’s a welcome [...]
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