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Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem? - Peter Attia

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As a young surgeon, Peter Attia felt contempt for a patient with diabetes. She was overweight, he thought, and thus responsible for the fact that she needed a foot amputation. But years later, Attia received an unpleasant medical surprise that led him to wonder: is our understanding of diabetes right? Could the precursors to diabetes cause obesity, and not the other way around? A look at how assumptions may be leading us to wage the wrong medical war. Talk by Peter Attia. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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