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Science of Obesity According to one estimate, over half of all American adults are overweight and more than a quarter are clinically obese. As the fad diet books and excercise equipment gather dust, can science offer any help? Guests: Shawna Vogel Author, "The Skinny on Fat" (W.H. Freeman and Company) Boston, Massachussetts Arthur Frank Medical Director Weight Management Program George Washington University School of Medicine Washington, DC. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer Director Obesity Research Center St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital New York, New York

Science of Obesity

Heard on Talk of the Nation

Science of Obesity

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According to one estimate, over half of all American adults are overweight and more than a quarter are clinically obese. As the fad diet books and excercise equipment gather dust, can science offer any help? Guests: Shawna Vogel Author, "The Skinny on Fat" (W.H. Freeman and Company) Boston, Massachussetts Arthur Frank Medical Director Weight Management Program George Washington University School of Medicine Washington, DC. F. Xavier Pi-Sunyer Director Obesity Research Center St. Luke's-Roosevelt Hospital New York, New York