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Ro - Telehealth for GLP1 weight management
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Dr. David Kessler, former FDA Commissioner and author of Diet, Drugs, and Dopamine, joins us to break down the science behind food addiction, obesity, and GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Zepbound.
He doesn’t just study this—he lives it. Dr. Kessler has obesity, takes GLP-1s, and knows firsthand what it’s like to battle food noise and weight stigma.
In this episode, we discuss:
- What makes ultra-processed food addictive
- How GLP-1s affect the brain and reduce cravings
- Whether some people can stop taking GLP-1s
- His personal experience starting, stopping, and restarting
- Why weight regain happens and what the body is really fighting
- His bold policy ideas to regulate Big Food like Big Tobacco
Dr. Kessler helped bring HIV drugs to market faster, led Operation Warp Speed, and took on the tobacco industry. Now, he’s focused on the next public health crisis: food addiction and obesity.
Subscribe to The Plus SideZ Podcast for more expert conversations on GLP-1s, weight, and wellness.
Specialist and Community Guest
Dr. David Kessler
BIO:
David. A. Kessler, MD, served as chief science officer of the White
House COVID-19 Response Team under President Joe Biden and previously
served as commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration under
Presidents George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. He is the author of the
_New York Times_ bestsellers _The End of Overeating_ and_ Capture_ and
two other books:_ Fast Carbs, Slow Carbs_ and _A Question of Intent_.
Dr. Kessler is a pediatrician and has been the dean of the medical
schools at Yale and the University of California, San Francisco. He is a
graduate of Amherst College, the University of Chicago Law School, and
Harvard Medical School.
Social Media:
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