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The Dr. Phil Podcast

WebMD’s Chief Medical Officer Talks About Diabetes Prevention

The Dr. Phil Podcast

Dr. Phil McGraw

Mental Health, Self-improvement, Society & Culture, Education, Health & Fitness

4.413.2K Ratings

🗓️ 27 September 2022

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Dr. John Whyte, chief medical officer for WebMD and author of “Take Control of Your Diabetes Risk,” says nearly 95 million people are pre-diabetic, and nearly half of those don’t know it. “I call it FoFo – Fear of finding out,” says Dr. Whyte. Dr. Whyte joins the Phil in the Blanks podcast to share with Dr. Phil what we can do today to prevent the risk of developing diabetes later on. New episodes of Phil in the Blanks drop Tuesdays. Listen and subscribe today. For more information: drphilintheblanks.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

Transcript

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0:00.0

You said nearly 95 million people are pre-diabetic.

0:05.1

Out of that 95 million, nearly half don't even know it.

0:09.4

What can you do today to prevent that risk later on in life?

0:20.9

Welcome to Fill in the Blanks.

0:23.5

Very excited about my guest today

0:25.3

because my good friend, Dr. John White, is joining me.

0:29.0

You've heard me talk about, and too, Dr. White,

0:34.1

before he's the Chief Medical Officer at WebMD.

0:37.8

Earlier this year, Dr. White published a book

0:40.5

entitled Take Control of Your Diabetes Risk.

0:44.7

Now, that's an interesting title,

0:47.8

and that's what we're gonna have in our conversation today.

0:50.2

He's not saying take control of your diabetes.

0:53.6

He's actually saying take control of your diabetes risk.

0:57.8

That's important because there are things you can do,

1:01.8

and we're gonna talk about that today,

1:03.3

and you may think, well, I tell you what,

1:06.7

this isn't particularly relevant to me.

1:09.4

Hell, you need to listen to what we have to say

1:12.9

for a couple of reasons, because it's relevant

1:15.1

to a whole lot more people than think it is,

1:17.7

and what we're talking about is relevant

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