Obesity Is a Disease Like Any Other With Dr. Jamie Kane | The Exam Room Podcast

Obesity is a disease that is becoming increasingly difficult to treat. Unlike other diseases, the path to treatment isn't as clear with obesity numbers exploding worldwide.

Obesity expert Dr. Jamie Kane joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll on The Exam Room Podcast for insight into the battle against a disease that can be as deadly as any other. Yet few see it as the beast that it is.

-- Topics Discussed --

- Weight Watchers investing heavily in weight loss medication
- Overcoming your body's desire to keep weight on
- Obesity bias in medicine
- Being obese vs. having obesity
- What's missing from weight loss treatment?
- Can medication work without lifestyle changes?
- Long-term success rates of weight loss medication
- Side effects of weight loss medication
- Constipation caused by weight loss medication

— — UPCOMING EVENTS — —
International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine
When: August 10-12
Where: Washington, DC — Grand Hyatt
Who: Dr. Neal Barnard, Dr. Michael Greger, Chuck Carroll, Dr. Kristi Funk, Dr. Gemma Newman, and more

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[developingthehabit]

Obesity is such an important topic to discuss at this time. Thank you for addressing it..

[thdimensionliving]

I lost weight slowly and keeping it off with 18-20 hours of intermittent fasting per day and following a whole food plant only diet ❤ it works

[DLFfitness]

So many are navigating food addictions. 😢

[melyndaduh]

Unfortunately, the SAD (Sad American Diet) is ubiquitous, even in other countries now. I think with just education about our bodies' true food needs we could change people's eating habits. There are many other health needs and access to healthy foods that should be addressed, too. Thank you Chuck for being part of the solution.

[KJSvitko]

Even children today have signs of artery disease. Fast foods and sugary drinks have long term consequences.
There is an obesity epidemic today where over 60% of the population is overweight or obese.
What is common today and "NORMAL" is not healthy. The average person today is not healthy and is taking medications.
Heart attacks were once only common in people over 65. Today people in their 40 are having heart attacks.
Add more plants and vegetables to your diet and less junk and overly processed foods

[KJSvitko]

Intermittent fasting is an under utilized tool for fighting obesity.
Not eating 3 or 4 hours before bed time will allow time for your last meal to digest before bed.
This will improve the quality of your sleep and reduce the need and urge to wake up and go to the bathroom in the middle of the night.
It allows your body time to focus on healing and repair during the night rather than focusing on digesting food.
It also extends your fasting time by adding the hours before sleeping to your hours asleep.
The longer you go without eating will allow your body to shift from burning glucose to burning your stored fat.
You will wake up in the morning a fat burning machine.

[northerncoloradotransparen]

No money is made if everyone is healthy and well!

[IHeartPotatoes]

Is it really worth prescribing a medicine to 80% of patients when who knows how many of them will suffer from serious side effects that are just coming to light, such as stomach paralysis, feelings of suicide and extreme depression, thyroid, cancer, pancreatis, chronic vomiting, did I miss any?

[missypooh]

That's insanity! "How can I keep my old lifestyle and still lose weight?"...What! That's insanity!!! Your old lifestyle is what made you overweight! Duh! The next time someone makes that dumb statement, the Dr should stand them in front of a full length mirror and say look at yourself! This is what your old lifestyle looks like. Now get out of my office and come back when you're ready for change! Doing the same thing expecting a different result is insanity!

[tracycurrent]

It's very sad that people don't understand that certain foods are drugs. They would never do crack but those cookies are crack.

[lesleysimon]

'Diet and body mass index in 38 000 EPIC-Oxford meat-eaters, fish-eaters, vegetarians and vegans
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International Journal of Obesity volume 27, pages 728–734 (2003)
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Fish-eaters, vegetarians and especially vegans had lower BMI than meat-eaters. Differences in macronutrient intakes accounted for about half the difference in mean BMI between vegans and meat-eaters. High protein and low fibre intakes were the factors most strongly associated with increasing BMI. ...'

[sigriddejongh]

Dear dr benard, I have been following you for a while, but the veggie diet (menopause) with little fat and soy, does not help me very much from my hypoglycemia, I try to eat more fat and proteins (vegetable), to feel better, and to stay less in the sugar dipwhat is that right way to feel better?gr sigrid

[vderak]

If fresh good pbf's would be cheaper than what is accessible to people. What do the medications do? Sometime the meds cause other problems, I guess short term they could help but I'm not for using meds. I would think that the food choices need to change as long term they will not be doing themselves any favors in eating the same ways that got them into their position. Better choices need to be made

[gwensmith]

Doctor's have to commit to helping patients combat this. People never were this way until recently, last 30 years. Stop talking about them and help them. Thats terrible 😮

[sharonburrell]

Good afternoon I would like to lose weight but just can't

[PeiPeisMom]

No one should ever say anything about someone else's appearance, ugh! No one who's overweight doesn't know it

[Donn]

Pain can be a very helpful stimulant for change. Death & disease should be enough to dissuade most people from destructive habits. So, perhaps we need to start getting a bit tougher and more real with people to make an associative connection in their brains. These foods lead to disease & death versus these foods which lead to health & life. We need to stop treating people nicely - as this has certainly not worked, and hit them with hard truth.

[Katie-wynu]

TOO MANY PILLS! If it's about food (WFPB), which I think it is, then WHY is he passing medication to 80% of his

[docbegone]

Grow up.
I believe that with any disease, there is a very small percentage of misfortunate people with a physiological disorder causing a disease. This disorder is totally out of their control and may cause these people to be sick. That being said, for the rest of us, I think that it's time we all grow up. When we were kids and we wanted that extra candy bar, or wanted to stay up late, or wanted our sibling's toy, mother was always there to say, "no, stop that". We are now older, and mother doesn't tell us what to do anymore. Most diseases are the result of want and excess - too much salt, too much sugar, too much fat, too much processed food, too much lack of exercise, to much lack of self discipline, etc. We look for reasons or labels outside ourselves to justify our actions - I had a hard day, I am depressed, one more of these won't hurt, etc. Living is one big surprise, and is full of great times and not so great times. Please, let us all stop calling many diseases, diseases, and label them what the actually are - CHOICES. I know that to some, what I say may sound very calloused, contentious and mean - this is not my intent. I also suffer from 'choice' but have been slowly curing myself over many years - everyday I get closer and closer to remission. At times, the choice we make may be a very difficult one but it is still a choice, and most often, it is your choice - it is not your disease. I believe that once we start taking responsibility for our actions, we then begin shedding our chains, and begin living the healthy lives that we were all meant to live. Peace and love always.

[deniset]

Does a person need these drugs for rest of their lives?