Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem? 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. ted/talks/peter_attia_what_if_we_re_wrong_about_diabetes?utm_campaign=&utm_medium=on.ted-static&awesm=on.ted_PeterAttia&utm_content=awesm-publisher&utm_source=l.facebook
Posted on: Thu, 08 May 2014 20:16:17 +0000