Having a skilled primary care clinician will go a long way to maintaining your health and wellness. In this program on primary care basic, Dr. Diana Thiara talks about understanding diet, exercise, medications and surgery in managing obesity. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38795]

How To Manage Obesity

What we eat -- and don’t eat -- is directly related to our health.  Poor diets lead to poor health outcomes, including cancer. Dr. Donald Abrams, integrative oncologist at UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, is an expert on nutrition and cancer. Dr. Abrams says you can never overstate how important the food we eat is to our health. In this excerpt Dr. Abrams discusses the role body fat plays in the production of insulin. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 38815]

Excess Body Fat Triggers Insulin Resistance

Millions attempt some form of diet yet only a small fraction achieve permanent weight loss. Neuroscientist and writer Darya Rose discusses the power of habits as a much needed alternative to dieting.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 37532]

Health is an Issue of Psychology Not Nutrition

An increasing number of scientific studies suggest that food, like drugs or alcohol, can have addictive qualities. Ashley E. Mason, PhD, explores how the reward system, located inside the human nervous system, can unduly affect people's appetite. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36913]

Is Food Addiction Just a Willpower Issue? No.

Marion Nestle

Marion Nestle, Goddard Professor in the Department of Nutrition at New York University, discusses the U.S. food industry being in a highly competitive environment where profits are paramount and public health is not a priority. Series: "Excerpts" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 36753]

Wall Street and ... Obesity? Marion Nestle Talks about the U.S. Food Supply

Ashley Gearhardt describes significant differences between natural food and the modern food environment and how the human brain could be affected. Gearhardt developed the Yale Food Addiction Scale (YFAS) to operationalize addictive-like eating behaviors, which has recently been linked with more frequent binge eating episodes in clinical populations, increased prevalence of obesity and patterns of neural activation implicated in other addictive behaviors.  Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Show ID: 36381]

Can Natural Foods Compete with the Modern Food Environment?

Obesity is at the root of silent epidemics such as type 2 diabetes and nonalcoholic fatty liver disease. Laura Schmidt explores the causes and solutions, taking lessons from tobacco: reducing the availability of harmful substances reduces consumption, thereby reducing harms to health. She talks about the UCSF Healthy Beverage Initiative and the effects it has had on employee health.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 35586]

Sugar: The Unsweetened Truth and What We Can Do About It

Four leaders in food policy and law discuss troubling trends of food insecurity, poor diet, chronic disease and obesity along with novel strategies that can be implemented locally and globally.  Panelists: Kelly Brownell, Duke University; Laura Schmidt, UCSF; Allison Korn, UCLA; Breanna Hawkins, LA Food Policy Council. Moderated by Emilie Aguirre, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33241]

Four leaders in food policy and law discuss troubling trends of food insecurity, poor diet, chronic disease and obesity along with novel strategies that can be implemented locally and globally. Panelists: Kelly Brownell, Duke University; Laura Schmidt, UCSF; Allison Korn, UCLA; Breanna Hawkins, LA Food Policy Council. Moderated by Emilie Aguirre, Resnick Program for Food Law and Policy at UCLA Law. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33241]

Connecting the Dots: Linking Food Systems Locally and Globally - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW Symposium

Katie Ferraro, registered dietitian at the UCSF School of Nursing, discusses the consequences of fat-free trends. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34446]

From Fat-Free Diet to Weight Gain

The UCSF Industry Documents Library (IDL) now includes the Food Industry Documents Archive, a brand new collection of over 30,000 documents related to the food industry and its impact on public health. Find out more about these documents that highlight marketing, research, and policy strategies used by food companies and trade groups, and reveal the communications and connections between industry, academic, and regulatory organizations. Part 1. Series: "Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34103]

UCSF's New Food Industry Documents Archive Part 1

University of California researchers and physicians discuss the latest in obesity research and offer guidance on prevention and treatment strategies.

Obesity Research and Prevention (Video)

Millions attempt some form of diet yet only a small fraction achieve permanent weight loss. Neuroscientists and science writers Sandra Aamodt and Darya Rose suggest what you should do instead.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 33595]

The Diet Trap: Why You Should Never Go on a Diet Again and What To Do Instead

Elissa Epel and Janet Napolitano kick off the 2016 COAST SSEW symposium on food and addiction. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 31669]

Welcome and Opening Remarks - 2016 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Food and Addiction: Environment Policy and Individual Factors

Kelly Brownell explores why research doesn’t get turned into policy and why perfect research may not create systemic change. He also explains why it is imperative for the growing population and for the environment that our research is effectively implemented to create change. Brownell is the Duke University Dean of the School of Public Policy. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33235]

Kelly Brownell explores why research doesn’t get turned into policy and why perfect research may not create systemic change. He also explains why it is imperative for the growing population and for the environment that our research is effectively implemented to create change. Brownell is the Duke University Dean of the School of Public Policy. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33235]

Strategic Research in Preventing Hunger and Obesity - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW Symposium 

David Kessler

New York Times reporter Anahad O’Connor sits down with former FDA commissioner Dr. David Kessler for discussion on the fat, sugar and salt in food that conditions us to eat more and changes our brain circuitry leading to obesity.   Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 31678]

New York Times reporter Anahad O’Connor sits down with former FDA commissioner Dr. David Kessler for discussion on the fat, sugar and salt in food that conditions us to eat more and changes our brain circuitry leading to obesity. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 31678]

Captured! A Conversation With David Kessler On How Our Attention Is Wired For Food Addiction - 2016 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Food and Addiction: Environment Policy and Individual Factors

Cindy Leung explains the novel mechanism of stress in the relation between food insecurity and health. Food insecurity has direct negative effects on health from infancy into adulthood, most in importantly on cardiovascular health. Food insecurity is a also form of toxic stress that has negative psychological effects. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33236]

Cindy Leung explains the novel mechanism of stress in the relation between food insecurity and health. Food insecurity has direct negative effects on health from infancy into adulthood, most in importantly on cardiovascular health. Food insecurity is a also form of toxic stress that has negative psychological effects. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33236]

Food Insecurity and Stress: From the Inside Out - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW Symposium 

Dr. Robert Baron, Professor of Medicine at UCSF, explains the  prevalence of obesity and the trends in the rates of obesity then looks at what to do. He takes a look at various popular diets along with surgical and medicine options and concludes that the goal is to be as fit as possible at your current weight and present further weight gain, then begin weight loss.  Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28491]

Understanding Obesity - Eating for Health (and Pleasure): The UCSF Guide to Good Nutrition

Humans are each home to trillions of microbes that have a widespread impact on our physiology and predisposition to disease.  Peter Turnbaugh, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, UCSF, explains. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30503]

Eating for Two Trillion: Dietary Intake Shapes Our Resident Gut Microbes - 2015 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Gut Feelings: The Microbiome the Mind and Metabolic Health 

Neal Baer

Dr. Neal Baer is a pediatrician, researcher and director at UCLA’s Global Media Center for Social Impact. He explores what scientists, public health advocates, and policy makers must continue to do today to address obesity, food insecurity, and other public health challenges of our time. He also talks about the role big corporations have in the global obesity problem, and their economic benefit from creating goods that perpetuate the obesity problem. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 33234]

Dr. Neal Baer - Hunger for Change: Food Insecurity Stress and Obesity 2017 COAST/SSEW Symposium

Barbara Abrams DrPH, RD. Professor of Epidemiology, Maternal and Child Health, and Public Health Nutrition; Head, Epidemiology/Biostatistics Program, UC Berkeley. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28517]

Childhood Stress Pregnancy Weight and Transmission of Weight - 2014 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Stress Obesity and Pregnancy: The Next Generation

Rob Knight is a Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, with an additional appointment in the Department of Computer Science, at UC San Diego. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30499]

Crowd Sourcing Microbiome-Mind Interactions with American Gut - 2015 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Gut Feelings: The Microbiome the Mind and Metabolic Health 

Obesity is on the rise in the US. What is the connection between this disease and type 2 diabetes? Dr. Alan Saltiel joins host Dr. David Granet to examine the link between weight and diabetes, how our metabolism can influence our health, the role evolution plays, and where current research is trending. Series: "Health Matters" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 30155]

Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes - Health Matters

Susan Lynch, PhD. Associate Professor, Medicine/Gastroenterology, UC San Francisco. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 30500]

Close Friends: The Microbiome and the Immune System - 2015 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Gut Feelings: The Microbiome the Mind and Metabolic Health 

65% of the world's population live in countries where overweight and obesity kill more people than underweight. Registered Dietitian and Certified Diabetes Educator Katie Ferraro, takes us through the history of the food pyramid and how to judge what to put on your plate to maintain healthy weight. Series: "Mini Medical School for the Public" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28401]

Dietary Guidelines: From Pyramid to Plate - Eating for Health (and Pleasure): The UCSF Guide to Good Nutrition

Dr. Mimi Guarneri, President of the Academy of Integrative Health and Medicine, explains the term “skinny fat” and shows that your weight alone does not provide an adequate picture of general health.  Series: "Wellbeing " [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 31190]

The Problem with the Scale

Suzanne Phelan, PhD. Associate Professor, Kinesiology Department Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28519]

Pregnancy: A Teachable Moment for Weight Control and Obesity - 2014 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Stress Obesity and Pregnancy: The Next Generation

Barbara Laraia, PhD, UC Berkeley, reveals why neighborhoods and stress have a major impact on obesity and pregnancy. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34083]

Stress and Obesity - The Exposome and Metabolic Health - 2018 COAST/SSEW Symposium

Mark S. Gold, MD is a world renowned expert on addiction-related diseases and has worked to develop models for understanding the effects food on the brain and behavior. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 31670]

Food Addiction: How Did We Get Here and Where Are We Going? - 2016 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Food and Addiction: Environment Policy and Individual Factors

Aric Prather, PhD, UCSF Professor and Co-Director of the Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study, and Treatment (COAST) discusses how social stressors and relationships can act like environmental toxins, a concept called the “social exposome." Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 34082]

The Social Exposome - The Exposome and Metabolic Health - 2018 COAST/SSEW Symposium

Patrick M. Catalano M.D., Director of Center for Reproductive Health at MetroHealth and the Clinical Research Unit of the Case Western Reserve; Professor, Reproductive Biology MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University.  Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28512]

Patrick M. Catalano M.D., Director of Center for Reproductive Health at MetroHealth and the Clinical Research Unit of the Case Western Reserve; Professor, Reproductive Biology MetroHealth Medical Center/Case Western Reserve University. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment" [Health and Medicine] [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28512]

Maternal Metabolism in Pregnancy Long-term Effects on Population Health - 2014 COAST/SSEW Symposium - Stress Obesity and Pregnancy: The Next Generation

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