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Prognosis: Misconception

The Quest for a Weight-Loss Drug That Actually Works

Prognosis: Misconception

Bloomberg

Health & Fitness, Science

4.1838 Ratings

🗓️ 3 December 2018

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

Researchers and pharmaceutical companies have poured time and money into developing an effective drug to combat obesity. But time and again, the drugs have failed to deliver. In episode five of Prognosis, Bloomberg's James Paton talks to scientists on the cutting edge of weight-loss research, and the companies that may finally be close to finding a medical solution to the obesity crisis.

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0:00.0

Want to know where stress is showing up in the $20 trillion commercial real estate market?

0:07.9

Or how the clean energy transition is actually being financed.

0:11.5

Or while child care is so expensive and why so much of the global economy is going into reverse,

0:17.0

then you're in the right place. I'm Tracy Allaway. And I'm Joe Wisenthall.

0:21.0

Together we host the All Thoughts podcast.

0:23.2

Twice a week, we bring on the perfect guest to break down all these odd, interesting, complicated finance topics and more.

0:29.9

You can look us up wherever you get your podcasts.

0:32.5

The OddLod's podcast from Bloomberg.

0:40.8

Tuesday. from Bloomberg. Two studies out today that draw the same disturbing conclusion.

0:45.9

Americans are not winning their battle against obesity.

0:49.5

One study found that obesity rates for adults actually...

1:00.3

Obesity. It seems like it should be easy to treat. Calories in, calories out, simple.

1:05.5

But it's actually incredibly difficult. And that goes both for the people who are trying to slim down and the drug makers who have struggled to find treatments to help.

1:09.8

Welcome to Prognosis, a podcast about health, medical technology, and the mind-blowing

1:15.0

innovation underway across the globe.

1:17.6

I'm your host, Michelle Fay Cortez.

1:22.8

More than 700 million people around the world are considered obese.

1:26.7

If you're 5'8 inches tall and weigh more than 200 pounds world are considered obese. If you're five foot eight inches

1:27.7

tall and weigh more than 200 pounds, that's obese. If you're shorter, say, five foot four inches

1:33.3

and more than 175 pounds, that's also obese. It's about much more than how you look. It

1:39.7

increases the risk of diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. And it's expensive.

1:45.0

The health costs in the U.S. alone top $150 billion a year.

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