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Award
winning science writer Gary
Taubes was invited to speak at the University
of Massachusetts Medical School Diabetes Center of Excellence by Co-Director
David Harlan, MD on April 20,2016. Taubes reviewed his primary thesis
that fat
accumulation is driven by insulin which is stimulated by carbohydrates
as opposed to the assumption that weight
gain is due to a caloric energy imbalance. The USDA
Dietary Guidelines have been based on the calorie imbalance point of
view, but those recommendations have paralleled the drastic rise
in obesity and diabetes since 1980. Taubes' work is largely
responsible for a growing number of advocates for an alternative approach
to treating obesity and understanding the underlying causes of world-wide
population weight gain and diabetes rates. It has influenced the Healthy
City Fall River approach to weight gain and underlies its efforts to
reduce sugar consumption and to advise those seeking to lose weight in the
Greater
Fall
River Fitness Challenge to adopt a low carbohydrate and high fat approach
to eating that has been demonstrated to be the most
effective for both weight loss and for cardiovascular health. It is
also an approach that is now practiced by Registered Dietitian Amanda Raposo of the Southcoast
Diabetes Management Program in working with overweight and diabetic
patients. Click here
for a one-hour |
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(Top row) Science Writer Gary Taubes, author of Why We Get Fat, speaks with UMass Medical School Diabetes Center of Excellence Co-Director David Harlan, MD before he is introduced. (Row two) Taubes goes over the history of nutrition science relative to the causes of obesity that he details in his book Good Calories, Bad Calories. (Row three) Taubes concludes his lecture by pointing to weight loss recommendations that were common more than a century ago to lose weight by reducing carbohydrates before taking questions from the audience. (Bottom row) Gary poses for photos with Partners Executive Director Dr. David Weed and retired Barnstable School health teacher, Rod Cartocci and signs one of his books. |
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