Ep 073 - Beyond BMI: Redefining Obesity

Is obesity a disease or does it lead to disease? Or is it merely a corollary with disease? What exactly is obesity? Where is the cutoff... and why?

With questions like this raging in the medical community and popular-health world, the Lancet pulled together dozens of doctors and scientists to try and bring clarity based on the broadest and most well-established research. What they came up with is both critically important... and difficult to parse for the non-professional.

This episode is extra long, but with obesity (and clinical obesity) comprising the single greatest challenge for Americans and the health of their families, we decided it was worth it!

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CHAPTERS:
00:34 - Show Intro
01:22 - Unrelated Question
04:18 - Article: Is Obesity a disease state?
06:04 - What was the definition of obesity?
09:27 - What is the new definition of obesity?
10:55 - How is it diagnosed?
15:18 - What are the downsides of calling obesity a disease?
19:37 - Pre-clinical vs. clinical obesity
28:37 - FDA Indications for obesity medications
35:23 - Public perception of obesity
44:28 - Waist circumference
48:10 - Body roundness index
49:18 - Show Outro

SHOW NOTES:
1) Definition & Diagnosis of Obesity (Lancet) - https://tinyurl.com/y6bnkwjs
2) Is obesity a disease? (Economist) - https://tinyurl.com/mrxrmtja

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