An Economist Explains Why Losing Weight Is Kind Of Like Defeating Inflation
Odd Lots
Bloomberg
4.5 • 2K Ratings
🗓️ 2 April 2018
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
A lot of people would probably agree that there's something wrong with much of the traditional advice in how to lose weight -- or at least how it's implemented. The economist Miles Kimball has lost weight using a different approach. He's increased his fat intake and gone for long stretches of time without eating anything at all. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, Kimball, a prolific blogger and professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, explains what got him interested in fasting, obesity research, and the similarities between weight loss and fighting inflation.
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