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Dr. Donna Ryan tackles the trillion dollar questions

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Dr. Donna Ryan tackles the trillion dollar questions

FromThe Gaining Health Podcast


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Dr. Donna Ryan tackles the trillion dollar questions

FromThe Gaining Health Podcast

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Length:
34 minutes
Released:
Mar 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

This week on the Gaining Health podcast, we interview the Queen of Obesity Medicine herself, Dr. Donna Ryan! Dr. Ryan and Karli discuss how it was that Dr. Ryan became involved with many of the sentinel nutrition and obesity studies, how obesity management has progressed throughout the years, potential concerns with the newer antiobesity medications, and Dr. Ryan tackles some of the biggest questions about how to prevent the tsunami of obesity and obesity-related complications that will come our way unless we change course.Dr. Donna Ryan is professor emerita of Pennington Biomedical Research Center, a campus of Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge, where, until retirement, she directed clinical research for 22 years. Her own research includes participation on the teams that developed and executed studies such as Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension (DASH), Preventing Overweight Using Novel Dietary Strategies (POUNDS Lost), Diabetes Prevention Program (DPP) and Action for Health in Diabetes (Look AHEAD). Dr. Ryan’s continuing interests focus on the translation of effective weight management into primary care practices. She is the past president of The Obesity Society and has served as panel co-chair to revise the NIH-supported evidence-based Guidelines on the Evaluation and Management of Overweight and Obesity in Adults. Her scholarly activities include authorship of more than 200 original publications and 45 books, chapters and reviews, primarily in the field of obesity.Support the showThe Gaining Health Podcast will release a new episode every Wednesday, alternating between interviews with experts and "What's Up Wednesday" scientific updates.For a roadmap for developing an obesity program, editable forms and templates, patient education materials, and more, check out Gaining Health If you are loving this podcast, please consider supporting us on Patreon
Released:
Mar 22, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (73)

In this podcast, host and obesity medicine specialist Karli Burridge will interview leaders and trailblazers in the field of obesity medicine to discuss how we can get to the root of chronic medical conditions such as obesity, diabetes, and metabolic dysfunction, and how we can change healthcare to actually help patients be healthier and feel better. Karli will also highlight recent research and discuss how to apply this new science clinically in the "What's Up Wednesday" episodes.