Living Sicker and Dying Younger | Dr. Columbus Batiste
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 6 July 2021
⏱️ 39 minutes
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Summary
America is living sicker and dying younger than other industrialized countries. But why?
Dr. Columbus Batiste, an interventional cardiologist, unlocks the secrets of why one of the richest nations in the world is struggling with such poor health.
He joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to explore the communities where the crushing gravity of unhealthy diets and lifestyles is being felt the most and people are dying soonest. In some areas, people living just two miles apart can have a 25-year difference in life expectancy.
Most importantly, what can be done to change the increasingly sick future? Dr. Batiste is confident that changes he discusses can bring dramatic improvements to our health and longevity!
Chuck also reports on a sharp decline in sales of meat worldwide.
Dr. Batiste will be speaking at the 2021 International Conference on Nutrition in Medicine. The Exam Room listeners can save $50 on the cost of registration by using promo code examroom.
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| 0:00.0 | One of the interesting things is the fact that zip codes matter. |
| 0:03.6 | There was such a stark disparity. |
| 0:06.4 | There was a 25-year difference in life expectancy based upon zip codes that were just a matter |
| 0:13.2 | of two miles away. |
| 0:14.4 | And so when you look at that's what leads us into the social determinants of health. |
| 0:18.5 | So you may have a spectrum on national averages you're looking like perhaps maybe about 10 to |
| 0:23.7 | 15-year difference in longevity, depending upon gender, and years of life lived. |
| 0:29.6 | But that doesn't even take into account the health span that is truncated even in early |
| 0:35.0 | age. |
| 0:41.0 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:45.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:48.6 | Thank you so very much for raising your health IQ with us. |
| 0:53.6 | This is episode 54 of season 4, number 249 overall. |
| 1:00.6 | You know, America is living sicker and dying younger than other major countries in the |
| 1:07.5 | world. |
| 1:09.4 | So why is it? |
| 1:11.1 | Why is it that our affluent nation is struggling so mightily to take care of its own? |
| 1:21.1 | Where are we going wrong? |
| 1:24.3 | This is a conversation that will continue today on the exam room when Dr. Columbus Batisse |
| 1:29.6 | joins the program. |
| 1:31.1 | He is a renowned cardiologist who is not only diagnosing the problem, but he is formulating |
| 1:37.9 | a prescription to get our health back on track. |
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