Season 6, Episode 5
Marc interviews Dr. Deirdre Tobias, PhD, nutrition and obesity epidemiologist at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School in Boston to discuss her research into obesity, dietary strategies and weight loss.
SUMMARY OF EPISODE:
0:07 – Background of Dr. Jake Mey, PhD
5:05 - What is the energy balance model?
11:25 – Does the current epidemiological data support EBM model?
15:45 – Human intervention trials on diets for weight loss (efficacy vs. effectiveness)
20:35 – How is hunger considered in the carbohydrate-insulin model? Controlled feeding studies on glycemic index and load
24:25 – How is hunger considered in the carbohydrate-insulin model? Controlled feeding studies on glycemic index and load
27:12 – The brain is central to the energy balance model, how does hunger fit into this equation?
30:05 – The reality of modern living, hunger and snacking on ultra-processed foods
31:15 – Energy partitioning:
37:10 – The food environment: can you continue to swim upstream?
41:40 – Dr. Ludwig and Dr. Tobias are colleagues at Harvard University
44:34 – To sum up: what do CIM and EBM agree and disagree on?
45:40 – evolution of research in this space
47:20 – how to start building a good food environment at home with kids
ABOUT DR. DEIRDRE TOBIAS SCD
Twitter: https://twitter.com/Deirdre_Tobias
Researchgate:
The energy balance model of obesity: beyond calories in, calories out
Effect of low-fat diet interventions versus other diet interventions on long-term weight change in adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis
Glycemic index, glycemic load, and risk of type 2 diabetes: results from 3 large US cohorts and an updated meta-analysis
Carbohydrate Insulin Model (CIM) Paper
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