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Today, we’re continuing the conversation with another unexpected obesity expert: a mathematician. Dr. Carson Chow is a mathematician and investigator with the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive Kidney Diseases who specializes in obesity.
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Please...PLEASE start covering causes of obesity that have been overlooked for too long -- lack of sleep and high-salt diets.
Check out this report from EdWeek about a study relating obesity to "social jetlag", or the difference in sleep deprivation during the week versus additional hours of sleep on the weekend.
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/inside-school-research/2012/05/sleep_timing_a_weighty_problem.html?cmp=ENL-EU-NEWS2
In this age when almost half of the population is overweight, are there any studies that follow normal weight Americans to find out why they stay in the normal range? I don't do strenuous exercise and don't count calories. I eat whatever I want and as much as I want and my weight remains constant and normal. Why?
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