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How to Outsmart Your Hungry Inner Couch Potato This week I am talking to Dr. Tim Church, Chief Medical Officer for Wondr Health (@WondrHealth) a company focused on Digital Behavior change especially focused on the obesity epidemic. Tim has spent a large part of his career focused on this area and as he puts it “bringing the […]

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Can Sleep Really Help me Lose Weight It may seem odd to think that getting more sleep might help you lose weight but there are some good reasons why this might be the case. But first, let’s talk about sleep and how to get enough of it The Basics of Sleep First off let’s cover […]

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Continuous Monitoring of Health So the opportunity to dive deep into glucose metabolism in my body with detail previously confined to laboratories was an exciting proposition. This especially true as I contemplated CES this coming week which has seen each year an ever-expanding Digital Health Pavilion with more companies and new solutions springing up. The […]

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This week I’m talking about Cholesterol. What it is, where does it come from (hint your diet is only a small part) and what does your body use it for   It’s interesting that when you search for cholesterol the recurring image is of Eggs which have been closely linked with Cholesterol and to some […]

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Dr Nick the Incrementalist discusses weight management The first steps to any healthy weight management program is data and weighing yourself. If you have scales at home use them and if not, there are other options for weighing yourself: Department stores, fitness centers, grocery stores, hospitals and clinics, hotels, pet stores, pharmacies, public restrooms, student […]

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  David Katz One of the more titillating medical stories to make news recently is a study in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition indicating that calorie intake in the United States has come down, and obesity rates have not. What makes this titillating, of course, is that it seems to suggest some great new […]

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