Obesity Research and Prevention (Audio)
University of California researchers and physicians discuss the latest in obesity research and offer guidance on prevention and treatment strategies.
- Update frequency
- every 20 days
- Average duration
- 28 minutes
- Episodes
- 101
- Years Active
- 2011 - 2025
Sleep Deprivation Disrupts Human Brain Reactivity in Response to Food Desire
Stephanie Greer, a PhD candidate at UC Berkeley explores the role of sleep in reward processing and decision-making (including food decisions) using human neuroimaging techniques. Series: "UCSF Conso…
00:15:45 |
Thu 10 Oct 2013
The Adolescent Health Paradox: An Affective Neuroscience Perspective and its Implications for Intervention and Policy
Ronald Dahl, School of Public Health and the Director of the Institute of Human Development at UC Berkeley, explores the health paradox of adolescence. Adolescence is (physically) the healthiest peri…
00:44:00 |
Mon 31 Dec 2012
Racial Ethnic and Socioeconomic Sleep Disparities: A Key Factor in Health Disparities?
Michael Grandner, University of Pennsylvania, explains that insufficient or excess sleep duration or inadequate sleep quality have adverse affects on health. He explores how sleep is experienced on a…
00:24:40 |
Mon 31 Dec 2012
Physical Activity: A Neglected Factor in Associations of Obesity with Short and Long Sleep
Shawn Youngstedt, School of Public Health at the University of South Carolina and the Dorn VA Medical Center, explores how physical activity moderates the association of sleep duration and obesity. …
00:26:40 |
Mon 24 Dec 2012
Sleep and Stress
Aric Prather, UCSF Department of Psychiatry, explores the complex associations of sleep, stress, and biology. He examines the link between stress and obesity and how sleep is involved. Series: "UCSF …
00:25:25 |
Mon 24 Dec 2012
Obesity and Sleep: The Early Origins of Disease
Dr. Susan Redline, Professor of Sleep Medicine and director of programs in Sleep and Cardiovascular Medicine and Sleep Medicine Epidemiology at Harvard Medical School, explores effects of early life …
00:38:20 |
Mon 17 Dec 2012
Sleep Disturbances Obesity and Type 2 Diabetes: Interacting Epidemics
Eve Van Cauter, Professor of Medicine at the University of Chicago, directs the the Sleep, Metabolism and Health Center. She explores how sleep loss and poor sleep quality are risk factors for obesit…
00:49:05 |
Mon 10 Dec 2012
How is Sleep Related to Obesity? Sleep and Weight Gain
Erica P. Gunderson, Research Scientist at Kaiser Permanente in Oakland, explores the impact on weight gain and obesity in women particularly how sleep during pregnancy and postpartum impacts weight. …
00:26:30 |
Mon 03 Dec 2012
How is Sleep Related to Obesity? Sleep Epidemiology
Dr. Maurice M. Ohayon is Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the Stanford University and Director of the Stanford Sleep Epidemiology Research Center. He explores the distribution and d…
00:28:05 |
Mon 03 Dec 2012
Is Fast Food Addictive?
Nutritionist Andrea Garber, UCSF Division of Adolescent Medicine, explores whether fast food meets the definition of substance dependence. From the nutrients in fast food, to the consumers, to the p…
00:58:00 |
Mon 08 Oct 2012
Obesity in America: Diet Drugs or Surgery?
Dr. Jonathan Carter, a gastrointestinal surgeon at UCSF Medical Center, discusses why Americans are increasingly obese and explores diets, medicines and surgical responses to this disease. Series: "…
00:58:25 |
Mon 20 Aug 2012
The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 7): Drugs Cigarettes Alcohol…and Sugar?
UCSF experts offer a frank indictment of the country’s agricultural policy and food industry, which have made it nearly impossible to avoid sugar in our daily diet, and suggestions for possible remed…
00:08:34 |
Fri 25 May 2012
The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 6): A Fast-Paced Fast Food Life
The pace of modern life is a key contributor to today’s obesity epidemic. UCSF’s Elissa Epel and Barbara Laraia explain the stress connection and offer practical and effective solutions that don’t in…
00:07:19 |
Fri 18 May 2012
The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 5): Generation XL
An unnerving trend of obese infants is just one indication that obesity can be passed on from mother to fetus. This installment looks towards the next generation, with an emphasis on preventive care …
00:06:56 |
Mon 14 May 2012
The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 4): Sugar - A Sweet Addiction
Sugar isn’t just sweet, it’s addictive. This episode explores the cycle of addiction that sugar causes in the brain, much in the same way as drugs and alcohol. Series: "The Skinny on Obesity" [Health…
00:07:11 |
Tue 08 May 2012
The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 3): Hunger and Hormones - A Vicious Cycle
Sugar impacts the brain just as much as the waistline. In this episode, Dr. Robert Lustig explains the biochemical shifts that sugar causes, making us store fat and feel hungry at the same time. Ser…
00:08:02 |
Tue 01 May 2012
The Skinny on Obesity (Ep. 2): Sickeningly Sweet
Dr. Robert Lustig illustrates the overabundance of sugar in today’s processed convenience foods and explains how our bodies metabolize these sugars in the same way as alcohol or other toxins, causing…
00:09:01 |
Mon 23 Apr 2012
The Skinny on Obesity (Extra): Four Sweet Tips from Dr. Lustig
Throughout “The Skinny on Obesity” series, Dr. Robert Lustig has made his case that sugar is a toxin that’s fueling the obesity epidemic. But what does he recommend we do about it in our daily lives?…
00:04:24 |
Tue 10 Apr 2012
The Skinny on Obesity (Extra): Diet and Lifestyle Tips from UCSF Experts
Throughout “The Skinny on Obesity” series, Barbara Laraia and Elissa Epel of UCSF’s Center for Obesity Assessment, Study and Treatment (COAST) have made the case that sugar and changes in the modern …
00:03:39 |
Sun 01 Apr 2012
Sugar Highs and Lows: The New Science of Sugar Addiction
Ashley Gearhardt, Yale and Rudd Center for Policy and Obesity, explores what makes certain foods capable of triggering an addictive process. Series: "UCSF Consortium for Obesity Assessment, Study and…
00:26:52 |
Tue 19 Jul 2011
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