#63 Dr. Spencer Nadolsky - Body Size a Health
In this episode of The Muscle Memoirs Podcast, I am joined by Dr. Spencer Nadolsky to discuss the relationship between body size and health, weight cycling, and much more.Dr. Spencer Nadolsky is a board-certified obesity specialist, lipidologist, and family physician who has helped 1000’s of patients over the past 9 years lose weight and keep it off. He also has an undergraduate degree in Exercise Sports Science from UNC-Chapel Hill where he wrestled heavyweight and was ranked top 3 in the nation at one point.Timestamps00:00 Introduction02:00 The utility of BMI as a screening tool for public health06:55 Body fat distribution and risk of disease11:10 Amount of weight loss required to improve cardiometabolic risk factors14:33 Contraindications to pursuing weight loss16:45 Dietary and lifestyle changes to improve cardiometabolic risk factors in the absence of weight loss22:10 The impact of weight cycling on long-term health outcomes29:05 Bariatric surgery - stigma and effectiveness35:35 Where have we gone wrong in our quest to attenuate the rising rates of obesity and cardiometabolic disease?To sign-up for coaching or a one-time consult:Website: http://hammerawayfitness.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/hammerawayfitness/You can follow and support Dr. Nadolsky at:Website: http://drspencer.com/about/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drnadolsky/?hl=enInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/rpstrength/?hl=enTwitter: https://twitter.com/DrNadolsky?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/themusclememoirs)
