by Michael O'Neill | Jun 28, 2012 | video
In this the last episode of The Skinny on Obesity, Robert Lustig looks at the societal costs of obesity, including: inconvenience discomfort death $65 Billion dollars in reduction of productivity 50% increase in absenteeism $147 billion dollars a year in medical costs...
by Michael O'Neill | May 26, 2012 | video
In this episode of The Skinny on Obesity, the role of stress on obesity is examined. High stress shifts our behavior, our appetite, stimulates overeating, and is related to insulin resistance, metabolic syndrome, and general obesity. As with the other episodes, this...
by Michael O'Neill | May 16, 2012 | Uncategorized
In this segment of The Skinny on Obesity series, Dr. Robert Lustig examines the role of insulin and the adiposity of mothers in the rise of obese children (who go on to be obese adults).
by Michael O'Neill | May 5, 2012 | video
In this the fourth episode of the series, Dr. Lustig looks at sugar’s effects on brain chemistry, specifically, how our reward system (mediated by dopamine in the nucleus accumbens) is changed in response to chronic overconsumption of sugar. Specifically, Lustig...
by Michael O'Neill | Apr 28, 2012 | video
In the third installment of Dr. Robert Lustig’s, The Skinny On Obesity series, Dr. Lustig covers how our consumption of carbohydrate rich diets influence the roles of insulin and leptin hormones in our bodies, and how these contribute to obesity. This directly...
