Why Are We Overweight? It's More Than Calories | Dr. Mickey Witte
The Exam Room by the Physicians Committee
Physicians Committee
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🗓️ 14 September 2021
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Becoming overweight is not as simple as eating more calories than you burn. It's far more than just eating too much fat. In fact, obesity is a complex assortment of issues that few truly understand.
Neuroscientist Dr. Mickey Witte joins "The Weight Loss Champion" Chuck Carroll to unpack the many reasons that millions struggle with their weight.
- Why the body fights to hold on to fat.
- Set Point Theory and the belief that the body programs itself to maintain a certain weight.
- The pleasure and reward centers activated in the brain by food.
Dr. Witte is an adjunct professor at the University of Miami specializing in obesity science.
Also, Chuck reports on a study showing foods with flavonoids can help lower high blood pressure.
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Dr. Mickey Witte
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Facebook: http://wghtloss.cc/ChuckFacebook
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| 0:00.0 | I say to them, why are people overweight? |
| 0:03.0 | Why is there an OB-3D epidemic? |
| 0:05.2 | A lot of times they're looking around like, |
| 0:06.7 | it's really asking us. |
| 0:08.0 | And then I sometimes problem and I say, |
| 0:09.9 | is this just, you know, people who are overweight don't know how to count. |
| 0:15.0 | They don't know how to do calorie count. |
| 0:16.8 | Calories in calories out, right? |
| 0:18.9 | Just a mass problem, right? |
| 0:20.3 | If they could just figure out mass, |
| 0:21.6 | we wouldn't have an OB-3D epidemic, right? |
| 0:24.0 | Larger guardians of them are thinking, |
| 0:25.6 | yeah, it's a real power thing. |
| 0:27.2 | And yeah, if they just would exercise more and |
| 0:30.6 | and people are conscious about what they're eating, |
| 0:32.6 | very few of them really think it's as complex as it is. |
| 0:40.6 | Welcome to the Exam Room Podcast, |
| 0:42.5 | brought to you by the Physicians Committee. |
| 0:45.0 | Hi, I am the Weight Loss Champion Chuck Carroll. |
| 0:47.8 | Thank you so very much for raising your Health IQ with us. |
| 0:52.0 | This is episode 74 of season 4, |
| 0:54.9 | number 269 overall. |
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