Obesity and why it's not too late to stop being 10x more likely to die of Covid-19, by Dr Aseem Malhotra

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English - May 06, 2020 14:00 - 26 minutes - 18.1 MB
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Dr Aseem Malhotra is an NHS Consultant Cardiologist, and world renowned expert in the prevention, diagnosis and management of heart disease. He is a founding member of Action on Sugar and was the lead campaigner highlighting the harm caused by excess sugar consumption in the United Kingdom, particularly its role in type 2 diabetes and obesity. He is now advising the Health Secretary, Matt Hancock about the links between obesity and metabolic syndrome and Covid-19 deaths.

I had the pleasure of talking with Aseem about the UK obesity crisis, the definitions of metabolic syndrome and why, in a very clear way, it's not too late for us all.

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