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America’s Obesity Crisis: Dr. Explains Problem Plaguing 75% of U.S. Adults

Season 2024 Episode 7107 | 18m 10s

A new Biden proposal for coverage of obesity drugs by Medicare and Medicaid coincides with a report finding that 75% of American adults are overweight or obese. The numbers have been trending upward since 1990. Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford is an obesity medicine physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. As medications like Ozempic become household names, Stanford joins the show to discuss.

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