77 Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo - Sugar Science
Inquiring Minds
English - March 13, 2015 06:32 - 1 hour - 58.5 MB - ★★★★ - 822 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Society & Culture science neuroscience critical thinking female host interview Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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On the show this week, we talk to Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Professor of Medicine and Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco General Hospital.
She’s part of a new project called Sugar Science, which focuses on evidence-based information on added sugar to your diet. The team reviewed 8,000 articles and underscored the scientific consensus: there is a causal link between increased consumption of added sugar and increased risk of chronic disease like type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and liver disease. Kirsten specifically focuses on communities at most risk—often times teens and poor and minority communities. And she believes we’re in a public health emergency.