Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian on How Poor Health is Swallowing Our Economy Whole

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Dr. Mark Hyman

Nutrition, Medicine, Health & Fitness

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🗓️ 29 August 2018

⏱️ 65 minutes

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My guest in this episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy is Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, the Dean of the Friedman School of Nutrition Science & Policy at Tufts University, which is regarded as the oldest and most renowned graduate school of nutrition in North America. In addition to serving as the school’s Dean, he also teaches as the Jean Mayer Professor of Nutrition and Medicine and is a trained cardiologist. Dr. Mozaffarian has served in numerous advisory roles in his career, including for the U.S. and Canadian governments, American Heart Association, Global Burden of Diseases study, World Health Organization, and United Nations. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, National Public Radio, Time Magazine, and many other outlets. In 2016, Thomson Reuters named him as one of the World's Most Influential Scientific Minds. Dr. Mozaffarian received his BS in biological sciences from Stanford, MD from Columbia, and clinical training in internal medicine and cardiovascular medicine from Stanford and U. Washington. He also holds an MPH from U. Washington and a Doctorate in Public Health from Harvard. Before being appointed as Dean at Tufts in 2014, Dr. Mozaffarian was at Harvard Medical School and Harvard School of Public Health for a decade and clinically active in cardiology at Brigham and Women’s Hospital. Tune into this brand new episode of The Doctor’s Farmacy for more!

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0:00.0	Coming up next, then the Doctor's Pharmacy is a powerful conversation with one of the world's
0:09.1	leading scientific thinkers, nutrition, the head of the tough school of nutrition, health
0:14.6	science and policy, Dr. Daryish Mazzafarian. Stay tuned for this enlightening conversation.
0:21.4	Welcome to the Doctor's Pharmacy. I'm Dr. Mark Heimann and that's pharmacy F-A-R-M-A-C-Y,
0:31.8	a place for conversations that matter. Today I'm honored to have an extraordinary scientist,
0:37.3	leader and thinker in the field of food and health, nutrition and policy, Dr. Daryish Mazzafarian
0:43.0	from Tufts. He's currently the John Mayer Professor of Nutrition and Medicine in the Dean of the
0:48.0	Friedman School of Nutrition Science and Policy at Tufts University. He's authored more than 300
0:54.0	scientific publications on the dietary priorities to reduce cardiovascular disease, diabetes,
0:59.3	and obesity in the U.S. and globally. He's served in numerous advisory roles, including the U.S.
1:05.1	and Canadian Governments, American Heart Association, the Global Burden Disease Study, the World Health
1:10.1	Organization, and the United Nations. He's been featured in the New York Times, the Washington
1:14.0	Post, Wall Street Journal, NPR, Time Magazine, and many, many other news outlets. In 2016,
1:20.6	Thompson Reuters named him one of the world's most influential scientific minds, and I agree.
1:26.2	Dr. Mazzafarian received his BA in Biological Science from Stanford, Phi Beta Kappa,
1:31.2	and Columbia Alpha, Omega Alpha. And his clinical training in internal medicine and Cardiovascular
1:36.6	Medicine from Stanford and University of Washington, he holds an MPH from the University of Washington
1:41.7	and a doctorate in public health from Harvard. He's married his three wonderful children
1:45.8	and actively trains as a black belt, second degree in Taekwondo. And he's a huge inspiration to me
1:52.0	because he's one of the few physicians and leaders in health care that connect the dots between what we eat,
1:57.6	our social justice issues, the economy, chronic disease, climate, and much, much more.
2:03.6	Welcome Dr. Mazzafarian. Thank you, Mark, great to be here.
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