Friday, January 8th, 2010

Obesity Research

Obesity has become as serious a contributor to the burden of disease and shortening of healthy life as smoking, according to new work published this week in American Journal of Preventive Medicine. Another recent study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that health effects from obesity may soon overtake improvements to the average lifespan resulting from declines in smoking. We'll get the latest on research into obesity, and talk about weight and health.

Guests

Erica Lubetkin
Associate Medical Professor
Department of Community Health and Social Medicine
City College of New York
New York, New York

Matthew Gillman
Professor and Director, Obesity Prevention Program
Department of Population Medicine
Harvard Medical School
Boston, Massachusetts

Related Links

• CDC: Obesity
• MedlinePlus: Obesity
• WHO: Obesity

Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

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