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Obesigenic

Screening for Obesity: Weighed, Measured, and Found Wanting

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 08.28.2012 | Healthy Living
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David Katz, M.D.

The updated advice from the Preventive Services Task Force about obesity screening harbors good, bad, and a bit of the downright silly.

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Who's Responsible?

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.16.2011 | Healthy Living
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David Katz, M.D.

Poverty increases the risk of obesity and attendant chronic disease. Those who can least afford to succumb to the obesigenic, morbidigenic elements of modern society are most vulnerable to them.

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We Still Need a Food Supply for Dummies!

David Katz, M.D. | Posted 11.17.2011 | Healthy Living
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David Katz, M.D.

Advice to eat more plant foods simply states the destination; it does not provide the step-by-step, GPS-like guidance people need to move in that direction. Besides, alas, it doesn't work.

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