Month: January 2016

Host: Cathleen Margolin, PhD Guest: Barry Popkin, PhD Certain foods and beverages seem to go in and out of style as new research emerges to support or refute their health benefits. Yet when it comes to eating red meat, despite the long-standing advice from nutrition experts, our taste buds never seem to tire of the…

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: James Laidler, MD The move to re-cast high fructose corn syrup as "corn sugar" come out of the demonization of high fructose corn syrup by some in the medical community. But is high fructose corn syrup's reputation scientifically justified, and what does it mean for physicians and their patients? Dr. Jim…

Host: Bruce Japsen Guest: Hank Cardello With the US amid an obesity epidemic, the White House has made healthy eating a national priority. But will market forces eventually undermine and sabotage this high-profile effort to curtail obesity? Hank Cardello, a fellow of the Washington DC think tank the Hudson Institute, and director of its Obesity Solutions…

Host: Maurice Pickard, MD Guest: Diana Zuckerman, PhD The lap-band device dramatically reduces the size of a patient's stomach, and as such, it can be effective for weight loss in very obese patients. It offers at least one major advantage over gastric bypass surgery, in that the lap-band can be removed. But can the lap-band…

Host: Lisa Dandrea Lenell, PA-C, MPAS, MBA Guest: Amy Hendel, R-PA We know that high rates of obesity in children is a serious problem in the United States. What is a whole-family approach? And how do adult nutrition strategies differ from what works for children? How can parents and kids work together to make the…