Podcast appearances and mentions of Charles Perkins Centre

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2023 34:20

Epidemiologist and population behavioural scientist Melody Ding gives a talk on the trends and predictors of loneliness and why it's a public health issue. With Professor Stephen Simpson, Academic Director of Charles Perkins Centre, as host. The recording of this talk is from a live public event held on 27 July 2023 at the University of Sydney. More information, visit the Sydney Ideas website: https://bit.ly/3YoRGws

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DTB 60th anniversary podcast interview - Barbara Mintzes

DTB podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2023 35:47

In a series of podcasts to mark the 60th anniversary of DTB, we talk to some of DTB's Editorial Board members and other colleagues about their work and their involvement with DTB. In this podcast, David Phizackerley (DTB deputy editor) talks to Barbara Mintzes (DTB associate editor) who is Associate Professor at the School of Pharmacy and Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney, where she has worked since 2015. Her background is in epidemiology and the main focus of her work is on pharmaceutical policy, including the effects of direct-to-consumer advertising and physician-directed promotion on medicine use. Barbara talks about her interest in medicines policies, the impact of pharmaceutical and medical device company payments to clinicians, medicalisation of normal life, medicine safety scandals and the impact on those who have been harmed by medicines with a particular focus on women's health. Please subscribe to the DTB podcast to get episodes automatically downloaded to your mobile device and computer. Also, please consider leaving us a review or a comment on the DTB Podcast iTunes podcast page (https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/dtb-podcast/id307773309). If you want to contact us please email dtb@bmj.com. Thank you for listening.

412: How strong is the link between processed food and obesity?

Table Talk

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 12, 2023 41:12

Obesity is one of the most visible public health problems right across the world. The World Health Organization started sounding alarm bells in the 1990s. But despite various interventions by governments, so-called “globesity” has continued its inexorable progress. It is clear that our changing diet plays a role, and many experts have singled out highly processed and refined foods as a major problem, particularly in the West. But in this episode of the Food Matters Live podcast, we ask: What is it about these particular types of food that contribute to obesity? And given the complexity of the issue, would eliminating them from our diets actually make much of a difference? Guests: Professor David Raubenheimer, Leonard Ullmann Chair in Nutritional Ecology, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney Dr Amanda Grech, Research Fellow, Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney

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Sarah Holland-Batt for The Stella Shortlist

The Garret: Writers on writing

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2023 27:36

Sarah Holland-Batt is the author of three books of poetry –The Jaguar (2022), The Hazards (2015) and Aria (2008) – and a book of essays on contemporary poetry, Fishing for Lightning (2021). Her honours include the 2016 Prime Minister's Literary Award for Poetry, a Sidney Myer Creative Fellowship, and residencies at MacDowell and Yaddo in the United States. She is presently the Judy Harris Writer in Residence at the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre, and Professor of Creative Writing and Literary Studies at QUT. Read the transcript for this interview here. About The Garret: Writers and the publishing industry Follow The Garret on Twitter and Instagram, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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" Protein Leverage Hypothesis " ทำไมการกินโปรตีนไม่พอ จึงทำให้อ้วน?

Fatoutkey

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2022 87:42

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#166 Interval Weight Loss with Dr Nick Fuller

The GP Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 30, 2022 70:40

Dr Nick Fuller is a leading obesity researcher in Australia and has been running the clinical research program at the Boden Institute, Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney for the past decade. Nick holds a Doctorate of Philosophy (PhD) in obesity treatment, a Bachelor's Degree in Human Movement and a Master's Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics. Nick is the founder of the Interval Weight Loss Method, the author of “Interval Weight Loss”, “Interval Weight Loss for Life” and “Interval Weight Loss for Women". He has published in top ranked journals in the medical field including JAMA, Lancet, International Journal of Obesity, Obesity and Metabolism and the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. You can find more information at Interval Weight Loss. Interested in studying lifestyle medicine, health coaching and new models of care in health and wellbeing? Check out the JCU postgraduate courses: Grad Cert, Grad Diploma, and Master. If you find this podcast valuable then subscribing, sharing, rating it 5 stars and leaving a review is appreciated. If you would like to send in your thoughts, insights, opinions, provide feedback or request a topic, please contact me via thegpshow.com Thank you for listening and your support.

The Gary Null Show - 09.15.22

The Gary Null Show

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 15, 2022 54:27

Videos : ELDERLY SUICIDE – This is Agenda 21 – MUST SEE! 2022 Fauci, meet 2004 Fauci. FACT CHECK: it did not go well for 2022 Fauci. (1:23) Sam Bailey & Jessic Rose Part 1 (22:33) Gary Null Speaking Out at the NYS Assembly Hearing (25:00) Higher omega-3 levels linked to better sleep University of British Columbia, September 14 2022. Having higher blood concentrations of the omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids eicosapentaenoic acid (EPA), docosahexaenoic acid (DHA) and docosapentaenoic acid (DPA) was found to be associated with a reduction in excessive sleep in an analysis reported in 2022 in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Sleep duration of over 9 hours per night has been correlated with an increased risk of cardiovascular disease and premature mortality from all causes. The analysis included 21,653 participants in 12 studies for whom information was available concerning sleep duration and/or difficulty falling asleep and blood levels of the omega-3 fatty acids EPA, DHA, ALA and, when available, DPA, and the omega-6 fatty acids AA and LA. When men and women whose fatty acid levels were among the lowest 20% of participants were compared to those whose levels were among the top 20%, individuals whose DHA intake was highest had a 22% lower risk of excessive sleep. Being among those who had the highest intake of EPA plus DHA and DPA was associated with a 24% lower risk. The authors noted that DHA's role in regulating melatonin production helps regulate sleep. Twice-daily nasal irrigation reduces COVID-related illness, death Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, September 13, 2022 Starting twice daily flushing of the mucus-lined nasal cavity with a mild saline solution soon after testing positive for COVID-19 can significantly reduce hospitalization and death, investigators report. They say the technique that can be used at home by mixing a half teaspoon each of salt and baking soda in a cup of boiled or distilled water then putting it into a sinus rinse bottle is a safe, effective and inexpensive way to reduce the risk of severe illness and death from coronavirus infection that could have a vital public health impact. “By giving extra hydration to your sinuses, it makes them function better. “We found an 8.5-fold reduction in hospitalizations and no fatalities compared to our controls,” says senior author Dr. Richard Schwartz, chair of the MCG Department of Emergency Medicine. “Both of those are pretty significant endpoints.” The study appears to be the largest, prospective clinical trial of its kind and the older, high-risk population they studied—many of whom had preexisting conditions like obesity and hypertension—may benefit most from the easy, inexpensive practice, the investigators say. They found that less than 1.3% of the 79 study subjects age 55 and older who enrolled within 24-hours of testing positive for COVID-19 between Sept. 24 and Dec. 21, 2020, experienced hospitalization. No one died. Researchers know that the more virus that was present in your body, the worse the impact. “One of our thoughts was: If we can rinse out some of the virus within 24 hours of them testing positive, then maybe we can lower the severity of that whole trajectory,” she says, including reducing the likelihood the virus could get into the lungs, where it was doing permanent, often lethal damage to many. Baxter says the nasal irrigation with saline helps decrease the usual robust attachment. Saline appears to inhibit the virus' ability to essentially make two cuts in itself, called furin cleavage, so it can better fit into an ACE2 receptor once it spots one. Participants self-administered nasal irrigation using either povidone-iodine, that brown antiseptic that gets painted on your body before surgery, or sodium bicarbonate, or baking soda, which is often used as a cleanser, mixed with water that had the same salt concentration normally found in the body. Those who completed nasal irrigation twice daily reported quicker resolution of symptoms regardless of which of two common antiseptics they were adding to the saline water. Eating more spicy foods decreases your risk of early death by 14% Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, September 7, 2022 According to an international team of researchers led by the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, eating spicy foods may be the key to longevity. They found that eating such foods on a regular basis can help prevent people from dying prematurely by 14 percent. While a variety of spicy foods are excellent, one in particular caught their attention. It was noted that consumption of fresh chili pepper, compared to other spicy foods, was most effective in providing people with a lower risk of dying from cancer, ischemic heart disease and diabetes. It's explained that fresh chili pepper's combination of powerful ingredients are responsible for such health-boosting benefits.(1) “Compared with non-fresh spicy foods such as dried chilli pepper, chilli sauce or chilli oil,” says Lu Qi, associate professor at Harvard School of Public Health, “fresh chilli pepper is richer in bioactive ingredients, including capsaicin, vitamin C, and other nutrients such as vitamin A, K, and B6 and potassium.”(1) To conduct the study, the experts from the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences assessed nearly 490,000 participants. After a follow-up that averaged approximately seven years, 20,224 deaths were noted. Analysis of these people led to the finding that compared to those who ingested spicy foods less than once weekly, people who ate such foods one or two days per week had a 10 percent reduced risk of death. More impressive however, was the discovery that those who enjoyed spicy foods nearly every other day were at a 14 percent lowered risk of death compared to those who ate them less than once a week. In this large prospective study, we observed an inverse association between consumption of spicy foods and total mortality, after adjusting for potential confounders. Compared with those who ate spicy foods less than once a week, those who consumed spicy foods almost every day had a 14% lower risk of death. Inverse associations were also observed for deaths due to cancer, ischemic heart diseases, and respiratory diseases. The associations were consistent in men and women. Meditation holds the potential to help treat children suffering from traumas, difficult diagnoses or other stressors Wayne State University, September 13, 2022 Children actively meditating experience lower activity in parts of the brain involved in rumination, mind-wandering and depression, our team found in the first brain-imaging study of young people under 18 years old. Over-activity in this collection of brain regions, known as the default mode network, is thought to be involved in the generation of negative self-directed thoughts – such as “I am such a failure” – that are prominent in mental disorders like depression. In our study, we compared a simple form of distraction – counting backward from 10 – with two relatively simple forms of meditation: focused attention to the breath and mindful acceptance. Children in an MRI scanner had to use these techniques while watching distress-inducing video clips, such as a child receiving an injection. We found that meditation techniques were more effective than distraction at quelling activity in that brain network. This reinforces research from our lab and others showing that meditation techniques and martial arts-based meditation programs are effective for reducing pain and stress in children with cancer or other chronic illnesses – and in their siblings – as well as in schoolchildren during the COVID-19 pandemic. Researchers know a lot about what is happening in the brain and body in adults while they meditate, but comparable data for children has been lacking. Understanding what is happening in children's brains when they meditate is important because the developing brain is wired differently from the adult brain. Pace as important as 10,000 steps for health, finds new research University of Sydney and University of South Denmark, September 13, 2022 Two studies, published in JAMA Internal Medicine and JAMA Neurology, monitored 78,500 adults with wearable trackers—making these the largest studies to objectively track step count in relation to health outcomes. The researchers from the University of Sydney, Australia and University of Southern Denmark found lowered risk of dementia, heart disease, cancer and death are associated with achieving 10,000 steps a day. However, a faster stepping pace like a power walk showed benefits above and beyond the number of steps achieved. “The take-home message here is that for protective health benefits people could not only ideally aim for 10,000 steps a day but also aim to walk faster,” said co-lead author Dr. Matthew Ahmadi, Research Fellow at the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre and Faculty of Medicine and Health. Key points: Every 2,000 steps lowered risk of premature death incrementally by 8 to 11 percent, up to approximately 10,000 steps a day. Similar associations were seen for cardiovascular disease and cancer incidence. A higher number of steps per day was associated with a lower risk of all-cause dementia 9,800 steps was the optimal dose linked to lower risk of dementia by 50 percent, however risk was reduced by 25 percent at as low as 3,800 steps a day Feed a virus, starve a bacterial infection? Yale University, September 8, 2022 A new study puts some old folk wisdom to “feed a cold and starve a fever” to the test. In mouse models of disease, Yale researchers looked at the effects of providing nutrients during infection and found opposing effects depending on whether the infections were bacterial or viral. Mice with bacterial infections that were fed died, while those with viral infections who were fed lived. “We were surprised at how profound the effects of feeding were, both positive and negative,” says senior author Ruslan Medzhitov, David W. Wallace Professor of Immunobiology and a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator at Yale School of Medicine. In the first series of experiments, the investigators infected mice with the bacterium Listeria monocytogenes, which commonly causes food poisoning. The mice stopped eating, and they eventually recovered. But when the mice were force fed, they died. The researchers then broke the food down by component and found fatal reactions when the mice were given glucose, but not when they were fed proteins or fats. When the researchers did similar studies in mice with viral infections, they found the opposite effect. Mice infected with the flu virus A/WSN/33 survived when they were force fed glucose, but died when they were denied food or given 2-DG.

Developing a COVID-19 Variant Proof ‘Super Vax'

The MTPConnect Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2022 39:42

As new COVID-19 variants are detected in Australia and a wave of COVID cases spike again, researchers at the University of Sydney have teamed up with an international consortium to develop a low-cost variant proof COVID-19 vaccine with the help of US $19.3 million funding from The Coalition for Epidemic Preparedness Innovations. To tell us more about the project, we are joined by Lead Investigator Professor Jamie Triccas from the University of Sydney Institute for Infectious Diseases and the Charles Perkins Centre.After spending his career researching new vaccines and treatments for tuberculosis, the world's most deadly infectious disease, Professor Triccas has pivoted his knowledge of the body's immune responses to new vaccines, to play a part in Australia's scientific efforts to counter SARS-CoV-2 viruses. Professor Triccas details the benefits of collaborating with international partners - Bharat Biotech International (India) and ExcellGene SA (Switzerland) and how the vaccine, if successful, could contribute to the long-term control of the virus and pave the way for vaccine development for other pathogens. Joining us on the podcast is Duncan Macinnis, MTPConnect's Director of Stakeholder Engagement NSW and ACT.

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SYSK Choice: Eat Like an Animal to Lose Weight & Skills for a Healthy Relationship

Something You Should Know

Play Episode Listen Later May 28, 2022 47:15 Very Popular

When you get a fever, what should you do? Some people say you should take medicine to knock it down – some say to leave it alone and let it run its course. Who's right? This episode begins with an expert answer to that question. http://www.menshealth.com/health/clean-up-your-health-routine When you're hungry - you're hungry. Right? Not exactly. While you may think hunger is one thing, there is evidence to show that we have several different kinds of hungers – 5 actually. Stephen Simpson has studied this and joins me to explain how understanding your different hungers will help you eat less and control your weight. Stephen is Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre and Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney in Australia and author of the book Eat Like the Animals (https://amzn.to/36Z66sJ). When was the last time you really cleaned your car's steering wheel or dashboard or gear shift? After you hear this, you will probably want to attend to that right away. https://www.motorbiscuit.com/last-time-cleaned-car-steering-wheel/ While romantic relationships start out with high hopes, many don't stand the test of time. So, what can you do to make sure you find the right person and then keep your relationship happy? Here with some excellent answers is Joanne DaVila. She has been studying and speaking about romantic relationships as a professor at Stony Brook University. She is author of the book The Thinking Girl's Guide to the Right Guy (https://amzn.to/2Y4ZdSt) and she has a great TED Talk on the skills for healthy romantic relationships. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh5VhaicC6g) PLEASE SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS! We really like The Jordan Harbinger Show! Check out https://jordanharbinger.com/start OR search for it on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you listen! Helix Sleep is offering up to $200 off all mattress orders AND two free pillows for our listeners at https://helixsleep.com/sysk. If you're the type of person who's always thinking about new business ideas or wondering “What's the next side hustle I should spin up?” — check out the podcast My First Million! With Avast One, https://avast.com you can confidently take control of your online world without worrying about viruses, phishing attacks, ransomware, hacking attempts, & other cybercrimes! Small Businesses are ready to thrive again and looking for resources to rise to the challenge. That's why Dell Technologies has assembled an all-star lineup of podcasters (and we're one of them!) for the third year in a row to create a virtual conference to share advice and inspiration for Small Businesses. Search Dell Technologies Small Business Podference on Audacy.com, Spotify or Apple podcasts starting May 10th! Go to https://Shopify.com/sysk, for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify's entire suite of features! Today is made for Thrill! Style, Power, Discovery, Adventure, however you do thrill, Nissan has a vehicle to make it happen at https://nissanusa.com With prices soaring at the pump, Discover has your back with cash back! Use the Discover Card & earn 5% cash back at Gas Stations and Target, now through June, when you activate. Get up to $75 cash back this quarter with Discover it® card. Learn more at https://discover.com/rewards Download Best Fiends FREE today on the App Store or Google Play! Whether you're going on a cross country trip or just up the street, please buckle up! Don't risk it. And remember, Click It or Ticket. Brought to you by NHTSA. https://www.geico.com Bundle your policies and save! It's Geico easy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

The Protein Leverage Hypothesis with Dr. Raubenheimer & Dr. Simpson

Fast Keto with Ketogenic Girl

Play Episode Listen Later May 12, 2022 79:20 Very Popular

Hi friends!! Introducing the brand new TONE Device! Struggling to lose weight or reach your fitness goals? The TONE is a new breath acetone meter which lets you know if your body is burning fat and how much! All TONE devices are NOW SHIPPING Worldwide!! Order the Black & Gold TONE HERE Order the Black & Rose Gold TONE HERE This episode is about the Protein Leverage Hypothesis with THE originators themselves of the Protein Leverage Hypothesis and concept, Dr. David Raubenheimer and Dr. Stephen Simpson! Their work has been more recently popularized by Dr. Ted Naiman regarding protein leverage and his Protein : Energy Ratio concept. Their astounding work to help us understand protein leverage is one of the cornerstones of this very podcast. This episode first aired in June 14, 2021. DAVID RAUBENHEIMER PhD, is the Leonard P. Ullman Professor of Nutritional Ecology in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Nutrition Theme Leader in the Charles Perkins Centre, at the University of Sydney. He lectures extensively at universities and conferences around the world. He co-wrote The Nature of Nutrition: A Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity with Stephen J. Simpson. He lives in Sydney, Australia. STEPHEN J. SIMPSON, PhD, is Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre and Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is the recipient of the Royal Entomological Society's Wigglesworth Medal, The Eureka Prize, a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and a Companion of the Order of Australia. He has also been prominent in the media and television both in the UK and Australia, having appeared on National Geographic, Animal Planet and History Channels in the UK and also as the presenter of a four-part documentary series for ABC TV, Great Southern Land. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Check out the book Eat Like the Animals Check out their book The Nature of Nutrition Get Your FREE ebook on keto: https://www.ketogenicgirl.com/pages/free-ebook Try the Higher Protein Keto Meal Plans & Coaching: https://www.ketogenicgirl.com Special thank you to Fast Keto sponsors: Try Athletic Greens! ONE tasty scoop of Athletic Greens contains 75 vitamins, minerals and whole food-sourced ingredients, including a multivitamin, multimineral, probiotic, greens superfood blend and more, that all work together to fill the nutritional gaps in your diet, increase energy and focus, aid with digestion and supports a healthy immune system, all without the need to take multiple products or pills. Visit www.athleticgreens.com/ketogenicgirl and join health experts, athletes and health conscious go-getters around the world who make a daily commitment to their health every day. Again, simply visit www.athleticgreens.com/ketogenicgirl and get your FREE year supply of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs today. Pregnant or nursing women should seek professional medical advice before taking this or any other dietary supplement. - This episode is brought to you by ButcherBox™ ! They make sure their members are taken care of! This is your chance to never have to shop for ground beef again. That's right—ButcherBox is giving new members free ground beef FOR LIFE! Get Ground beef for life of your subscription +$10 off your first box! Use the code TONE to get 2 lbs of ground beef free in every order for the life of your membership AND $10 OFF! Limited time offer! Log on to www.ButcherBox.com/FASTKETO claim this deal! - Prior to beginning a new diet you should undergo a health screening with your physician to confirm that a new diet is suitable for you and to rule out any conditions and contraindications that may pose risks or are incompatible with a new diet, including by way of example: conditions affecting the kidneys, liver or pancreas; muscular dystrophy; pregnancy; breast-feeding; being underweight; eating disorders; any health condition that requires a special diet [other conditions or contraindications]; hypoglycemia; or type 1 diabetes. A new diet may or may not be appropriate if you have type 2 diabetes, so you must consult with your physician if you have this condition. Anyone under the age of 18 should consult with their physician and their parents or legal guardian before beginning such a diet. Use of Ketogenic Girl videos are subject to the Ketogenicgirl.com Terms of Use and Medical Disclaimer. All rights reserved. If you do not agree with these terms, do not listen to, or view any Ketogenic Girl podcasts or videos.

Y.E.S. Fitness "Functional Longevity" Podcast 172

Y.E.S. Fitness "Longevity" Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2022 11:09

Diet trumps drugs for anti-aging and good metabolic health Nutrition might have a greater impact on aging and metabolic health than drugs, a new study has found. A pre-clinical study published in Cell Metabolism performed by the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre suggests diet could be more powerful than drugs in keeping conditions like diabetes, stroke, and heart disease at bay.

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#42 The Role of Protein in Our Evolution and Health with Dr. Simpson and Raubenheimer

Live Damn Well

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 57:02

Enjoy the podcast? :) Buy me a coffee: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/livedamnwell––––––––––––––––––––––––––Next on the podcast series “What did humans evolve to eat?” I had Professors Stephen Simpson and David Raubenheimer on the podcast.Professor David Raubenheimer is a leading expert in nutritional ecology which looks at how an animal's nutritional environment interacts with its biology to affect health and fitness. ****Professor Stephen Simpson is Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre, a Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney, and Executive Director of Obesity Australia. Both of these leading scientists have developed an integrative approach for nutrition called the Geometric Framework, which was devised and tested using insects but is now being applied to many other animals, including humans.In this episode we discussHow much protein did humans evolve to eat?Why do animals instinctively know what to eat and why do humans find nutrition so difficult?What happens when there is not enough protein in our diets?What is the protein leverage hypothesis and how does it affect weight gain or weight loss?Their book “Eat Like the Animals”––––––––––––––––––––––––––Check out my book “Return to Human”!https://amzn.to/3I0nZcgGet 25% OFF your first order and a FREE gift when you join Thrive Market! (1 year and 1 month memberships available)https://livedamnwell.com/recommends/thrive/––––––––––––––––––––––––––Find themTwitter: @eatlikeanimalshttps://www.sydney.edu.au/charles-perkins-centre/our-people/centre-leadership.html––––––––––––––––––––––––––NOT medical advice; not intended to treat, cure or diagnose; this video is merely for educational purposes. YOU are responsible for YOU.

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Extreme diets & heart health

Extra Healthy-ish

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 13:21

The sudden death of cricket star Shane Warne from a “likely heart attack” is a reminder to all of us - no matter what age - of the importance of heart health. Dr Jessica Orchard is a Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, and talks through everything you need to do for your heart. WANT MORE INFO?. For more heart health tips, see The Heart Foundation, here, or for Jessica’s research, click here. You can read a nutritionist's take on restrictive diets at bodyandsoul.com.au. WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Are extreme diets bad for our heart?

Healthy-ish

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 8:34

The sudden death of cricket star Shane Warne from a likely heart attack after he finished a "ridiculous diet" where he drank only "black and green juices" for two weeks begs the question: how dangerous are these for our heart? Heart Foundation Postdoctoral Fellow and Senior Lecturer at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney, Dr Jessica Orchard talks all things heart health. WANT MORE FROM JESSICA? To hear today's full interview, where Jessica discusses the lifestyle factors that lead to heart disease...search for Extra Healthy-ish wherever you get your pods. For more heart health tips, see The Heart Foundation, here, or for Jessica's research, click here. You can read a nutritionist's take on restrictive diets at bodyandsoul.com.au. WANT MORE BODY + SOUL? Online: Head to bodyandsoul.com.au for your daily digital dose of health and wellness. On social: Via Instagram at @bodyandsoul_au or Facebook. Got an idea for an episode? DM host Felicity Harley on Instagram @felicityharley. On YouTube: Watch Body + Soul TV, here. In print: Each Sunday, grab Body+Soul inside The Sunday Telegraph (NSW), the Sunday Herald Sun (Victoria), The Sunday Mail (Queensland), Sunday Mail (SA) and Sunday Tasmanian (Tasmania). See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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#133 Food Addiction with Dr Nick Fuller

The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2022 66:58

Can we be addicted to food? This is quite a hot topic and one that is more relevant than ever. On the one hand we have food companies and respected scientists telling us that food addiction is a myth. Because we don't see people smashing windows or stealing money from loved ones to fund a ‘hamburger habit', the concept of food addiction is farcical.On the other hand, recent work on food use disorders has demonstrated that the same neurobiological pathways implicated in drug abuse also modulate food consumption.And if we consider Obesity costs the UK £47bn a year and has the second largest impact on the economy of 3% GDP (after smoking), we really should properly discuss whether food addiction is real and plays a role.On the podcast today we have the amazing obesity researcher Dr Nick Fuller who brings together a diversity of skills having held positions in both the industry and academic sectors. His current position as commercial and industry program leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with government and industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for the treatment and management of obesity and related physical and mental health disorders.He is also the author of three best-selling books on the Interval Weight Loss program and Nick's work has resulted in policy change in the field of obesity and metabolic disease and his research has been published in The Lancet and JAMA.Today we talk about:What addiction entailsHow the brain shapes food choiceThe body's regulation of food intake which involves a complex set of peripheral and central signaling networks.The impact of environment, stress and psychological state in food choicePractical tips to avoid or rewire food choiceHow to start new behaviours and how long it will takeRemember you can find all this information and more at thedoctorskitchen.com and sign up for the newsletter where I share practical tips on what to eat, listen to, read or watch once a week to help you live a healthier lifestyle.Socialshttps://www.intervalweightloss.com.auhttps://twitter.com/drnickfullerhttps://www.facebook.com/intervalweightloss/?ref=settingshttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE1PVJsJQIOmoLh94CxPIxghttps://www.instagram.com/intervalweightloss/?hl=en See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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New Year New You Rewind with Professors David Raubenheimer and Stephen Simpson

Intelligence For Your Life The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2021 44:53

We're replaying some of our favorite interviews from the last year. Here is one that is particularly important if you're planning on making a change to your diet in the new year. Our guests were Professors David Raubenheimer and Stephen J. Simpson, authors of the book Eat Like the Animals. We talked about the modern food system and how to use your natural appetite to eat the healthiest way possible.Follow up with the authors on Twitter, or the Charles Perkins Centre website.In the intro, I talked about the book The Motivation Myth.Special thanks to our sponsor Rocket MortgageAnd check out our new online store for all things John Tesh and Intelligence For Your Life.You can now BUY A SIGNED COPY OF JOHN'S BOOK, RELENTLESS. Help make it a best seller and order today.Own the journals that Gib uses: The Full Focus Planner and a blank Moleskin.And you can sign up for our newsletters at tesh.com to get Intelligence For Your Life right to your inbox.As always, if you like our podcast, Rate, Comment and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And tell your friends! If you don't like our podcast, then keep it quiet, I guess.Our Hosts:John Tesh: Instagram: @johntesh_ifyl facebook.com/JohnTeshGib Gerard: Twitter: @GibGerard Instagram: @GibGerard facebook.com/GibGerardSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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Protein Leverage | Professors Stephen Simpson and David Raubenheimer

Nutrient Optimiser Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2021 64:25

University of Sydney Professors Stephen Simpson and David Raubenheimer's work in protein leverage is perhaps the most important body of research around, empowering us to understand our appetite and what leads us to eat more (or less) than we need to. Professor Stephen Simpson is the executive director of Obesity Australia and the academic director of the Charles Perkins Centre. PubMed shows that he has published a whopping 361 journal articles! Professors David Raubenheimer, originally from South Africa, began working with Professor Simpson as a PhD student in Oxford. Many of his 197 research articles are co-authored with Professor Simpson. They are perhaps best known for their 2005 Protein Leverage Hypothesis paper, which aligns with much of our research and analysis of data from people using Nutrient Optimiser. In 2012 they published The Nature of Nutrition, and in 2020 they published Eat Like the Animals to bring their research to the public. In August last year, I wrote a blog discussing Eat Like the Animals. They subsequently reached out to start a dialogue to discuss some points of difference and agreed to take the time to come on for a podcast chat. It was such a pleasure and honour to discuss a range of topics around their groundbreaking research, including: How does looking at insects and animals give us unique insights into human biology? How did the Protein Leverage Hypothesis come about? How did you go from studying insects and animals to cracking the code for human nutrition? What were some of the objections to the acceptance of the Protein Leverage Hypothesis? What are the implications of protein leverage for diabetes and blood sugar management? Is protein leverage about eating more protein or less energy from carbs and fat? Why is it crucial to think about the interaction of all three macronutrients? How does someone know if they are getting adequate protein based on their goals and context? What are the downsides of a chronic high protein %? When should someone add in more carbs and/or fat in their diet rather than more protein? What does the future hold in terms of translating this more into the public consciousness? How does your research affect the way you eat at home? Do you have any tips on how people can apply this practically in their lives?

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The Gary Null Show - 11.16.21

The Gary Null Show

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2021 59:27

HEALTH NEWS Diet trumps drugs for anti aging and good metabolic health University College London, November 15, 2021 A study comparing the impact of diet versus drugs on the inner workings of cells has found nutrition has a much stronger impact. The pre-clinical study by the University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre suggests the makeup of our diet could be more powerful than drugs in keeping conditions like diabetes, stroke and heart disease at bay. Conducted in mice, the research showed nutrition (including overall calories and macronutrient balance) had a greater impact on aging and metabolic health than three drugs commonly used to treat diabetes and slow down aging. "Diet is a powerful medicine. However, presently drugs are administered without consideration of whether and how they might interact with our diet composition—even when these drugs are designed to act in the same way, and on the same nutrient-signaling pathways as diet," said Professor Simpson. "We discovered dietary composition had a far more powerful effect than drugs, which largely dampened responses to diet rather than reshaped them," said Professor Simpson. The researchers found calorie intake and the balance of macronutrients (protein, fats and carbohydrates) in the diet had a strong impact on the liver. Protein and total calorie intake had a particularly powerful effect not just on metabolic pathways, but also on fundamental processes that control the way our cells function. owed how food can dramatically influence many of the processes operating in our cells. This gives us insights into how diet impacts on health and aging." An anti-inflammatory diet may be your best bet for cognitive health Kapodistrian University (Greece), November 10, 2021 A new study shows that people who consumed an anti-inflammatory diet that includes more fruits, vegetables, beans, and tea or coffee, had a lower risk of developing dementia later in life. The study looked at 1,059 people in Greece with an average age of 73 who did not have dementia. Each person answered a food frequency questionnaire that is commonly used to determine the inflammatory potential of a person's diet. The questionnaire sought information on the main food groups consumed during the previous month, including dairy products, cereals, fruits, vegetables, meat, fish, legumes, which include beans, lentils and peas, added fats, alcoholic beverages, stimulants and sweets. After adjusting for age, sex and education, researchers found that each one-point increase in dietary inflammatory score was associated with a 21% increase in dementia risk. Compared to the lowest third of participants who consumed the least inflammatory diet, those in the top third were three times more likely to develop dementia. Mind over matter? Long Covid study sparks controversy Hotel-Dieu Hospital Paris (France), November 15, 2021 A large-scale French study suggesting symptoms of so-called long COVID may be more due to psychological factors than to infection with the virus has sparked debate among patients and scientists. The report that appeared earlier this week in the Journal of the American Medical Association focused on nearly 27,000 participants across France who took antibody tests to screen for COVID infection. After the subjects had received the antibody test results, researchers asked them whether they believed they had been infected with COVID and to report on symptoms like fatigue, breathlessness or impaired attention. The vast majority of respondents—over 25,000 people—tested negative for COVID antibodies and believed they had never been sick. Researchers found that people who believed they had had COVID, whether or not they had had a positive test, were more likely to report long-term symptoms. A positive antibody test, meanwhile, was only consistently associated with one long-term symptom: loss of smell. They concluded that persistent physical symptoms "may be associated more with the belief in having been infected with SARS-CoV-2 than with having laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 infection". But long COVID is itself very poorly defined—and that makes research on the subject hard to frame. The French study alone explored more than a dozen symptoms including joint pain, sore muscles, fatigue, poor attention, skin problems, hearing impairment, constipation, dizziness and more. "The case definition is bad," said Perry Wilson of Yale University on the Medscape website. "We have zero diagnostic tests, and papers like this may be used to argue it isn't even a real problem." Strong links between certain food groups, memory loss and comorbid heart disease or diabetes University of Technology Sydney, November 6, 2021 UTS research studied data from 139,000 older Australians and found found high consumption of fruit and vegetables was linked to lowered odds of memory loss and its comorbid heart disease. High consumption of protein-rich foods was associated with a better memory. Dr. Xu also found the link between food groups and memory status may vary among different older age groups. People aged 80 years and over with a low consumption of cereals are at the highest risk of memory loss and its comorbid heart disease, her research published in the International Journal of Public Health showed. "Our present study implies that the healthy eating suggestions of cereals consumption in the prevention of memory loss and comorbid heart disease for older people may differ compared to other age groups," said Dr. Xu, who holds a Heart Foundation postdoctoral research fellowship. Positive topline results from groundbreaking trial of psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression Largest randomised, controlled, double-blind psilocybin therapy study ever completed shows rapid and sustained response for patients receiving a single dose of COMP360 psilocybin with psychological support Columbia University and COMPASS Pathways plc, November 9, 2021 COMPASS Pathways plc (Nasdaq: CMPS) (“COMPASS”), a mental health care company dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health, today announced that its groundbreaking phase IIb clinical trial of COMP360 psilocybin therapy for treatment-resistant depression has achieved its primary endpoint for the highest dose, with a 25mg dose of COMP360 demonstrating a highly statistically significant and clinically relevant reduction in depressive symptom severity after three weeks, with a rapid and durable treatment response*. In the randomised, controlled, double-blind trial, a single dose of investigational COMP360 psilocybin was given to 233 patients in conjunction with psychological support from specially trained therapists. All patients discontinued antidepressants prior to participation. This randomised, controlled, multicentre, double-blind phase IIb trial is the largest psilocybin therapy clinical trial ever conducted, with 233 patients from 10 countries in North America and Europe. 94% of the patients had no prior experience with psilocybin. The objective of the trial was to find the appropriate dose for a larger, pivotal phase III programme, which COMPASS expects to begin in 2022. David J Hellerstein MD, a Principal Investigator on the trial and Professor of Clinical Psychiatry at the Columbia University Irving Medical Center, said: “Treatment-resistant depression is a common and devastating condition, affecting tens of millions of people, with few effective treatments. This is the largest modern study of a psychedelic drug, combined with psychological support, enrolling over 200 people with TRD. In this groundbreaking study, a single dose of psilocybin, given in conjunction with psychological support, generated a rapid response that lasted up to 12 weeks. Remission rates appear to be higher than seen in traditional medication studies. We now have evidence from a large well-designed trial that psilocybin may be effective for people with treatment-resistant major depressive disorder. These findings suggest that COMP360 psilocybin therapy could play a major role in psychiatric care, if approved.” Yerba Mate Enhances Cellular Energy and Metabolism KyungPook University and Pukyong University (S. Korea), November 15, 2017 In South America, Yerba Mate has been grown and taken medicinally for centuries. Researchers have shown that use of the herb over an extended period had significant effects on body weight and weight gain and was associated with lower levels of blood lipids and insulin in obese mice fed a high-fat diet. Some of the most important antioxidant enzymes in the body are induced by mate. It is rich in polyphenols and displays high antioxidant activity. It's also a cancer killer. Mate tea drinkers experience a significant increase in the activity of an enzyme that promotes HDL (good) cholesterol which prevents fats from oxidizing. Mate is traditionally steeped and served in a hollow calabash gourd (itself called a mate) and drunk through a metal straw called a bombilla. You can also make mate in a standard automatic coffee maker. Just put the mate where you would normally put the coffee grounds. This new study supports the anti-obesity effect of long-term supplementation with yerba mate, and its beneficial effects on related metabolic disorders.

Eat Like The Animals

The Other Side of Weight Loss

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2021 71:02

David Raubenheimer is the Leonard P. Ullman Professor of Nutritional Ecology in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Nutrition Theme Leader in the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney. Stephen J. Simpson is Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre and Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. David and Stephen are the authors of Eat Like The Animals the new groundbreaking evidence on what nature teaches us about the science of healthy eating. In this episode; How did they come to write a book on human nutrition? How Stella the baboon shocked them when they studied her diet . What they found when they studied different animals and their diet. The million dollar question how or does this apply to humans? Why we MUST meet our protein requirements and what happens when we don't. What is protein leverage? How much should our average protein intake be as humans? Could this explain the obesity epidemic? What did they discover when they did a massive experience on fruit flies to see if the popular theory that calorie restriction helped with longevity. Or if it was what they ate that made the difference? Flies versus humans. What is the problem eating too much protein? Why is it better for reproduction but not longevity? Looking to the science of what we ate as hunter gatherers what does it tell us? how our needs for protein from birth to death changes? https://www.eatliketheanimals.com/ Todays podcast is sponsored by Prolon The Fasting Mimicking Diet. Purchase your Prolon Kit today and get 10% off with coupon code KARENM10! Purchase your at home Hormone Test Kits here. Start your membership to the OnTrack group coaching program to help you balance your hormones and lose weight. Take the Hormone Quiz and find out what is stopping you from losing weight. Karen Martel, Certified Hormone Specialist & Transformational Nutrition Coach and weight loss expert. Visit https://karenmartel.com/ Karen's Facebook Karen's Instagram

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The impact of sleep on osteoarthritis and how you can improve your sleep with Prof Peter Cistulli

Joint Action

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 19, 2021 40:20

Sleep disturbances are common in those with osteoarthritis. Research has postulated that poor night time sleep is associated with increased pain the following day and that sleep disturbances are associated with increased risk for developing or worsening pain in the long-term. The interactions between pain and sleep are complex. On this episode of Joint Action, we are joined by Peter Cistulli to discuss the relationship between sleep and pain and how we can improve sleep. Professor Peter Cistulli holds the ResMed Chair in Sleep Medicine at the University of Sydney, where he leads the Sleep Research Theme within the multidisciplinary Charles Perkins Centre. He heads the Discipline of Sleep Medicine within the Faculty of Medicine and Health. He is also Director of the Centre for Sleep Health & Research in the Department of Respiratory and Sleep Medicine at Royal North Shore Hospital, Sydney. He is an active clinician researcher with 28 years experience in in the fields of respiratory and sleep medicine. His thematic research has focussed on the pathophysiology of Sleep-disordered Breathing, and novel approaches to therapy. RESOURCESThe Sleep Health FoundationSleep Quality and Fatigue Are Associated with Pain Exacerbations of Hip Osteoarthritis CONNECT WITH USTwitter: @ProfDavidHunter @jointactionorgEmail: hello@jointaction.infoWebsite: www.jointaction.info/podcastIf you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to subscribe to learn more about osteoarthritis from the world's leading experts! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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How To “Eat Like The Animals” For Optimal Health | Stephen Simpson

The Health Investment Podcast with Brooke Simonson

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 6, 2021 49:51

EPISODE 98 | Stephen Simpson is Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre and Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. After graduating as a biologist from the University of Queensland, Steve undertook his PhD at the University of London, then spent 22 years at Oxford before returning to Australia in 2005 as an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow, then ARC Laureate Fellow. Stephen developed an integrative modeling framework for nutrition, which was devised and tested using insects. This has since been applied to a wide range of organisms (from slime moulds to humans) and problems (from aquaculture and conservation biology to the dietary causes of human obesity and aging). He has also revolutionized understanding of swarming in locusts, with research spanning neurochemical events within the brains of individual locusts to continental-scale mass migration. Together with his colleague and friend David Raubenheimer, Stephen wrote Eat Like The Animals: What Nature Teaches Us About The Science Of Healthy Eating. In the episode, Stephen shares the single macronutrient every animal craves to satisfy above all else, the real reason why we overeat things like chips and ice cream, tips for reconnecting with our taste buds that can feel like they've been “hijacked”...and more! Enjoy!! EPISODE WEBPAGE: thehealthinvestment.com/98 P.S. – If you're liking The Health Investment Podcast, be sure to hit “subscribe/follow” so that you never miss an episode

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Luigi Fontana – Diet, Metabolism, Medical Research

Im a Mortal

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2021 46:11

Episode 6: Professor Luigi Fontana is a world-leading Medical Researcher, and the director of the Longevity Research Program at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. He focuses on Longevity from aspects of diet, calorie restriction, metabolism, exercise, and much more Listen in to learn of his story of how he switched from being a medical doctor to a researcher, how food and activity alter our longevity, and how his passion for understanding calorie restriction science led to him conducting research across the world.

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Characters Inside and Out with Emily Maguire

Writes4Women

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 27, 2021 64:33

In this Craft of Writing episode Pam chats to Emily Maguire on characterisation in her latest novel Love Objects. Emily is the author of six novels, including the Stella Prize and Miles Franklin shortlisted An Isolated Incident and three non-fiction books. Emily's articles and essays on sex, feminism, culture and literature have been published widely, including in the Sydney Morning HeraldThe Australian,The Observer and The Age. Emily works as a teacher and mentor to young and emerging writers, and is 2018-19 was Writer in Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney, where she undertook much of the research she did for Love Objects. The Saturday Paper says this of the characterisation in Love Objects: One of the most compelling elements of this accomplished book is Maguire's ability to completely inhabit a character. There's so much great advice in this episode on how to inhabit your character's skin. Grab a cuppa and join Pam and Emily on the Writes4Women Convo Couch. SHOW NOTES: Writes4Women www.writes4women.com Facebook @writes4women Twitter / Instagram @w4wpodcast W4W Patreon https://www.writes4women.com/support-us-on-patreon Emily Maguire Website: click here Instagram: click here Pamela Cook www.pamelacook.com.au Facebook: click here Twitter: click here Instagram: click here This episode produced by Pamela Cook for Writes4Women. Support the show: https://www.patreon.com/writes4women?fan_landing=true See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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165 - Overcoming the barriers to long-term weight-loss success, Dr Nick Fuller, The University of Sydney and Interval Weight Loss

Talking HealthTech

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2021 24:15

We've got the secret for long-term weight loss and it's not just about eating less and exercising more! Dr Nick Fuller is a globally recognised obesity expert and from the Charles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney/RPA Hospital, where they run Australia's largest weight management service. Interval Weight Loss is scientifically preventing weight regain with six key steps. The University of Sydney's Charles Perkins Centre uses a collaborative approach to the treatment of obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular disease. In this episode, Pete and Nick take a scientific look at weight loss and weight gain. Also, hear about Pete's weight loss experience and Nick shares his journey of scaling a one-on-one offering. They also explore what's to be done at a policy level to address the obesity epidemic. This episode covers weight loss, a topic that resonates with many of us. Pete's guest is an expert in this field and he explains why we aren't achieving long-term weight loss no matter how many diets and workout challenges we use. Nick shares policy recommendations and explores how to approach weight loss correctly Check out the episode and full show notes here. Loving the show? Leave us a review, and share it with some friends, become a THT+ Member for early release, ad-free and bonus episodes of the podcast, access to our online community forum, and free tickets to our quarterly summits. For more information visit here.

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Eat Like the Animals with Professors David Raubenheimer and Stephen Simpson

Intelligence For Your Life The Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 13, 2021 47:34

Our guests this week are Professors David Raubenheimer and Stephen J. Simpson, authors of the book Eat Like the Animals. We talk about the modern food system and how to use your natural appetite to eat the healthiest way possible.Follow up with the authors on twitter, or the Charles Perkins Centre website.In the intro, I talked about the book The Motivation Myth.Special thanks to our sponsor Rocket MortgageAnd check out our new online store for all things John Tesh and Intelligence For Your Life.You can now BUY A SIGNED COPY OF JOHN'S BOOK, RELENTLESS. Help make it a best seller and order today.Own the journals that Gib uses: The Full Focus Planner and a blank Moleskin.And you can sign up for our newsletters at tesh.com to get Intelligence For Your Life right to your inbox.As always, if you like our podcast, Rate, Comment and Subscribe on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. And tell your friends! If you don't like our podcast, then keep it quiet, I guess.Our Hosts:John Tesh: Instagram: @johntesh_ifyl facebook.com/JohnTeshGib Gerard: Twitter: @GibGerard Instagram: @GibGerard facebook.com/GibGerardSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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From the Archives: Supporting Sustainable Farming Practices in Cambodia with Professor Daniel Tan

New Books in Environmental Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 20:07

Improper pest management has led to significant yield loss in rice and other crop harvests in Cambodia, causing economic losses to farmers and environmental disruption through ill-informed chemical use. The use of broad-spectrum pesticides as a solution to all observed pests is commonplace in the rice and mung bean fields of lowland Cambodia and can be linked to unsuitable sources of agricultural information. In 2020, Professor Daniel Tan caught up with Dr Natali Pearson over Zoom to chat about his lifelong work supporting sustainable farming practices in Cambodia, including through targeted capacity-building programs and the development of image-rich mobile phone applications to assist Cambodian farmers with insect pest identification and crop management. About Daniel Tan: Daniel is Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is also the Country Coordinator for Cambodia at the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, and a member of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture, the Sydney Nano Institute, and the Charles Perkins Centre. Daniel's research focuses on crop agronomy, specifically abiotic stress. He has conducted extensive research in Southeast Asia, including a very successful program that aimed to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods in Cambodia, with funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Daniel currently has collaborative research links at CSIRO Plant Industry (Narrabri), the University of Oxford, NSW Department of Agriculture, Applied Horticultural Research (Sydney), Texas A&M University (USA) the United States Department of Agriculture (Lubbock, Texas, USA) and ICRISAT, India. Daniel has been a member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (AIAST) since 1991. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the 'Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture' and 'Frontiers of Plant Science'. For more information or to browse additional resources, visit the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre's website: www.sydney.edu.au/sseac.

From the Archives: Supporting Sustainable Farming Practices in Cambodia with Professor Daniel Tan

New Books in Food

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 20:07

Improper pest management has led to significant yield loss in rice and other crop harvests in Cambodia, causing economic losses to farmers and environmental disruption through ill-informed chemical use. The use of broad-spectrum pesticides as a solution to all observed pests is commonplace in the rice and mung bean fields of lowland Cambodia and can be linked to unsuitable sources of agricultural information. In 2020, Professor Daniel Tan caught up with Dr Natali Pearson over Zoom to chat about his lifelong work supporting sustainable farming practices in Cambodia, including through targeted capacity-building programs and the development of image-rich mobile phone applications to assist Cambodian farmers with insect pest identification and crop management. About Daniel Tan: Daniel is Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is also the Country Coordinator for Cambodia at the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, and a member of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture, the Sydney Nano Institute, and the Charles Perkins Centre. Daniel's research focuses on crop agronomy, specifically abiotic stress. He has conducted extensive research in Southeast Asia, including a very successful program that aimed to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods in Cambodia, with funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Daniel currently has collaborative research links at CSIRO Plant Industry (Narrabri), the University of Oxford, NSW Department of Agriculture, Applied Horticultural Research (Sydney), Texas A&M University (USA) the United States Department of Agriculture (Lubbock, Texas, USA) and ICRISAT, India. Daniel has been a member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (AIAST) since 1991. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the 'Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture' and 'Frontiers of Plant Science'. For more information or to browse additional resources, visit the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre's website: www.sydney.edu.au/sseac. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/food

From the Archives: Supporting Sustainable Farming Practices in Cambodia with Professor Daniel Tan

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 20:07

Improper pest management has led to significant yield loss in rice and other crop harvests in Cambodia, causing economic losses to farmers and environmental disruption through ill-informed chemical use. The use of broad-spectrum pesticides as a solution to all observed pests is commonplace in the rice and mung bean fields of lowland Cambodia and can be linked to unsuitable sources of agricultural information. In 2020, Professor Daniel Tan caught up with Dr Natali Pearson over Zoom to chat about his lifelong work supporting sustainable farming practices in Cambodia, including through targeted capacity-building programs and the development of image-rich mobile phone applications to assist Cambodian farmers with insect pest identification and crop management. About Daniel Tan: Daniel is Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is also the Country Coordinator for Cambodia at the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, and a member of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture, the Sydney Nano Institute, and the Charles Perkins Centre. Daniel's research focuses on crop agronomy, specifically abiotic stress. He has conducted extensive research in Southeast Asia, including a very successful program that aimed to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods in Cambodia, with funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Daniel currently has collaborative research links at CSIRO Plant Industry (Narrabri), the University of Oxford, NSW Department of Agriculture, Applied Horticultural Research (Sydney), Texas A&M University (USA) the United States Department of Agriculture (Lubbock, Texas, USA) and ICRISAT, India. Daniel has been a member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (AIAST) since 1991. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the 'Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture' and 'Frontiers of Plant Science'. For more information or to browse additional resources, visit the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre's website: www.sydney.edu.au/sseac. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/environmental-studies

From the Archives: Supporting Sustainable Farming Practices in Cambodia with Professor Daniel Tan

New Books in Southeast Asian Studies

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 20:07

Improper pest management has led to significant yield loss in rice and other crop harvests in Cambodia, causing economic losses to farmers and environmental disruption through ill-informed chemical use. The use of broad-spectrum pesticides as a solution to all observed pests is commonplace in the rice and mung bean fields of lowland Cambodia and can be linked to unsuitable sources of agricultural information. In 2020, Professor Daniel Tan caught up with Dr Natali Pearson over Zoom to chat about his lifelong work supporting sustainable farming practices in Cambodia, including through targeted capacity-building programs and the development of image-rich mobile phone applications to assist Cambodian farmers with insect pest identification and crop management. About Daniel Tan: Daniel is Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is also the Country Coordinator for Cambodia at the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, and a member of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture, the Sydney Nano Institute, and the Charles Perkins Centre. Daniel's research focuses on crop agronomy, specifically abiotic stress. He has conducted extensive research in Southeast Asia, including a very successful program that aimed to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods in Cambodia, with funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Daniel currently has collaborative research links at CSIRO Plant Industry (Narrabri), the University of Oxford, NSW Department of Agriculture, Applied Horticultural Research (Sydney), Texas A&M University (USA) the United States Department of Agriculture (Lubbock, Texas, USA) and ICRISAT, India. Daniel has been a member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (AIAST) since 1991. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the 'Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture' and 'Frontiers of Plant Science'. For more information or to browse additional resources, visit the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre's website: www.sydney.edu.au/sseac. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/southeast-asian-studies

From the Archives: Supporting Sustainable Farming Practices in Cambodia with Professor Daniel Tan

New Books Network

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 8, 2021 20:07

Improper pest management has led to significant yield loss in rice and other crop harvests in Cambodia, causing economic losses to farmers and environmental disruption through ill-informed chemical use. The use of broad-spectrum pesticides as a solution to all observed pests is commonplace in the rice and mung bean fields of lowland Cambodia and can be linked to unsuitable sources of agricultural information. In 2020, Professor Daniel Tan caught up with Dr Natali Pearson over Zoom to chat about his lifelong work supporting sustainable farming practices in Cambodia, including through targeted capacity-building programs and the development of image-rich mobile phone applications to assist Cambodian farmers with insect pest identification and crop management. About Daniel Tan: Daniel is Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is also the Country Coordinator for Cambodia at the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, and a member of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture, the Sydney Nano Institute, and the Charles Perkins Centre. Daniel's research focuses on crop agronomy, specifically abiotic stress. He has conducted extensive research in Southeast Asia, including a very successful program that aimed to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods in Cambodia, with funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Daniel currently has collaborative research links at CSIRO Plant Industry (Narrabri), the University of Oxford, NSW Department of Agriculture, Applied Horticultural Research (Sydney), Texas A&M University (USA) the United States Department of Agriculture (Lubbock, Texas, USA) and ICRISAT, India. Daniel has been a member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (AIAST) since 1991. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the 'Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture' and 'Frontiers of Plant Science'. For more information or to browse additional resources, visit the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre's website: www.sydney.edu.au/sseac. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

Protein Leverage with Dr. David Raubenheimer & Dr. Stephen Simpson

Fast Keto with Ketogenic Girl

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 14, 2021 77:51

Hi friends! This episode is a highly anticipated one featuring the originators of the Protein Leverage Hypothesis and concept, Dr. David Raubenheimer and Dr. Stephen Simpson! Their work has been more recently popularized by Dr. Ted Naiman regarding protein leverage and his Protein : Energy Ratio concept. He has been a champion of their research and I am so thankful to him for introducing us all to their astounding work! DAVID RAUBENHEIMER PhD, is the Leonard P. Ullman Professor of Nutritional Ecology in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences, and Nutrition Theme Leader in the Charles Perkins Centre, at the University of Sydney. He lectures extensively at universities and conferences around the world. He co-wrote The Nature of Nutrition: A Unifying Framework from Animal Adaptation to Human Obesity with Stephen J. Simpson. He lives in Sydney, Australia. STEPHEN J. SIMPSON, PhD, is Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre and Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is the recipient of the Royal Entomological Society's Wigglesworth Medal, The Eureka Prize, a Fellow of the Royal Society of London and a Companion of the Order of Australia. He has also been prominent in the media and television both in the UK and Australia, having appeared on National Geographic, Animal Planet and History Channels in the UK and also as the presenter of a four-part documentary series for ABC TV, Great Southern Land. He lives in Sydney, Australia. Check out the book Eat Like the Animals Check out their book The Nature of Nutrition Get Your FREE ebook on keto: https://www.ketogenicgirl.com/pages/free-ebook Try the Higher Protein Keto Meal Plans & Coaching: https://www.ketogenicgirl.com Special thank you to Fast Keto sponsors: BiOptimizers Magnesium Breakthrough:www.magbreakthrough.com/fastketo10 or use the code "FASTKETO" to save 10% on your order! You have a 365 day money back guarantee if you are not 100% satisfied! Try it for yourself at www.magbreakthrough.com/fastketo10 or use the code "FASTKETO" to save 10% on your order! - Butcher Box! Right now, new members one pack of FREE bacon in every box for the life of your membership when you sign up at butcherbox.com/fastketo. That's one pack of FREE bacon in EVERY box for the life of your subscription when you go to ButcherBox.com/fastketo - Prior to beginning a ketogenic diet you should undergo a health screening with your physician to confirm that a ketogenic diet is suitable for you and to rule out any conditions and contraindications that may pose risks or are incompatible with a ketogenic diet[, including by way of example: conditions affecting the kidneys, liver or pancreas; muscular dystrophy; pregnancy; breast-feeding; being underweight; eating disorders; any health condition that requires a special diet [other conditions or contraindications]; hypoglycemia; or type 1 diabetes. A ketogenic diet may or may not be appropriate if you have type 2 diabetes, so you must consult with your physician if you have this condition. Anyone under the age of 18 should consult with their physician and their parents or legal guardian before beginning such a diet]. Use of Ketogenic Girl videos are subject to the Ketogenicgirl.com Terms of Use and Medical Disclaimer. All rights reserved. If you do not agree with these terms, do not listen to, or view any Ketogenic Girl podcasts or videos.

'I'm a restless writer' Nikki Gemmell on tackling colonial gothic horror

The Book Show

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 54:06

Nikki Gemmell wants to challenge herself as a writer so her latest is a colonial gothic horror called The Ripping Tree, written over seven years while raising four children. Meanwhile, Emily Maguire tackles hoarding, consent and climate change in Love Objects, a novel that also celebrates the intense love people can feel for children that are not their own. And Martin McKenzie-Murray explains the inspiration for The Speechwriter, a satire set in the near future featuring rogue, sentient PlayStations.

'I'm a restless writer' Nikki Gemmell on tackling colonial gothic horror

RN Arts - ABC RN

Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2021 54:06

Nikki Gemmell wants to challenge herself as a writer so her latest is a colonial gothic horror called The Ripping Tree, written over seven years while raising four children. Meanwhile, Emily Maguire tackles hoarding, consent and climate change in Love Objects, a novel that also celebrates the intense love people can feel for children that are not their own. And Martin McKenzie-Murray explains the inspiration for The Speechwriter, a satire set in the near future featuring rogue, sentient PlayStations.

Emily Maguire - 'There Is A Lot Of Love In This Book'

The Booktopia Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 31:43

Emily Maguire is the author of six novels and three non-fiction books. Emily's articles and essays on sex, feminism, culture and literature have been published widely including in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Observer and The Age. Emily works as a teacher and as a mentor to young and emerging writers and was the 2018/2019 Writer-in-Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney. Ahead of the release of 'Love Objects', Ben sat down with Emily to discuss the long time between novels, trauma, isolation and researching, taking responsibility for each other and more. Books mentioned in this podcast: Emily Maguire - 'Love Objects': https://bit.ly/3s4LZm8 Host: Ben Hunter Guest: Emily Maguire Producer: Nick Wasiliev

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At home with Emily Maguire

The Garret: Writers on writing

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2021 28:03

Emily Maguire is the author of six novels, including the Stella Prize and Miles Franklin Award-shortlisted An Isolated Incident. She was a Writer-in-Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, an experience which enabled her to write 2021's masterful Love Objects. Emily works as a teacher and as a mentor to young and emerging writers, and her articles and essays on sex, feminism, culture and literature have been published widely including in The Sydney Morning Herald, The Australian, The Observer and The Age. About The Garret Read the transcript of this interview at thegarretpodcast.com. The interview was recorded by Zoom, and we can't wait to start recording in person again soon. You can also follow The Garret on Twitter and Facebook, or follow our host Astrid Edwards on Twitter or Instagram. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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BONUS EPISODE Sustainable Weight Loss with Dr Nick Fuller

The Doctor's Kitchen Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 6, 2021 63:33

On the podcast today we have the amazing obesity researcher Dr Nick Fuller who brings together a diversity of skills having held positions in both the industry and academic sectors. His current position as Commercial and Industry Program Leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with government and industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for the treatment and management of obesity and related physical and mental health disorders.He has a proven track record of commercialising research in this field to improve not only the health of Australians but the rest of the globe, and continues to receive significant funding and awards for his work with the Interval Weight Lossprogram. He is also the author of three best-selling books on the Interval Weight Loss program.Nick's work has resulted in policy change in the field of obesity and metabolic disease and his research has been published in The Lancet and JAMA.On today’s podcast you will learn about:The Brain body weight regulation in the hypothalamusWhy we’re geared to protect against weight loss, more than gainThe impact of hedonic influence and how dopamine affects food intakeWhy rapid diet-induced weight loss brings about negative changes to energy storage, appetite & ultimately weight regainWhy people aren’t failing on their weight loss attempts due to a lack of willpower, they are failing due to the biologyHow interval weight loss is a sustainable weight loss programme and why it works alongside lifestyle changesDo check out The Doctor's Kitchen for full show notes and social media links for this and all other podcasts See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Warwick Anderson on Race and Science

Historical Perspectives on STEM

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 29, 2021 24:15

In this recording, historian Warwick Anderson discusses his investigations into the development of "race science" in the Global South and the fabrication of whiteness as a "strategy of authority." Warwick Anderson is the Janet Dora Hine Professor of Politics, Governance and Ethics in the Department of History at the University of Sydney, and leader of the Politics, Governance and Ethics Theme with the Charles Perkins Centre. As an historian of science, medicine and public health, Dr. Anderson's work has focused on ideas about race, human difference, and citizenship in the 19th and 20th centuries, particularly in Australasia, the Pacific, Southeast Asia, and the United States. In this episode of our podcast series on race and science, Anderson discusses the differences between how "race science" was practiced in the Global South and how it was practiced in North America and Europe. He notes that theories about race—and thus the practices of "race science"—were often more malleable and flexible in the Southern Hemisphere, as opposed to the more rigid racial typologies and hardline eugenics that characterized the United States and Western Europe. In addition, following the work of James Baldwin and Homi Bhabha, Anderson notes how whiteness has been used as a "strategy of authority" for colonial settlers rather than as a robust identity, a fact he illustrates through his research on race in Australia and the Philippines. To listen to other installments in the Consortium's series on Race Science and Scientific Racism, please visit: https://www.chstm.org/video/101

#200. Tricking Your Body into Losing Weight Through Interval Weight Loss with Dr Nick Fuller

Body Science Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 27:37

Dr Nick Fuller is a globally recognised obesity expert from the University of Sydney and Royal Prince Alfred Hospital. He has degrees in exercise physiology, nutrition and dietetics, and a doctorate in obesity and weight management. His current position as a research program leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with the government and the industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for long-term weight loss. He has a proven track record of commercialising research in this field to improve not only the health of Australians but the rest of the globe and continues to receive significant funding and awards for his work. He is a recognised media expert across various mediums, including his role as resident obesity expert on Channel 9’s Today Show, is the author of three best-selling books on the Interval Weight Loss program with Penguin publishing, and has published in top-ranked journals in the medical field. Nick's work has resulted in policy change in the field of obesity and metabolic disease. Head to the website for more information intervalweightloss.com Follow Dr Nick Fuller on Facebook @Dr Nick Fuller's Interval Weight Loss Instagram @intervalweightloss Twitter @drnickfuller Listen to any of the Body Science podcasts at https://www.bodyscience.com.au/blog/category/podcast To be notified when a new podcast goes live, head over to our Spotify, YouTube,SoundCloud or iTunes channel and subscribe.

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O Planeta Esquentou. E Agora? PARTE II - Tesla Coil #37

Tesla Coil Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2020 50:26

Olá, seres humanos altamente evoluídos ou não. Venha nos acompanhar em mais esse episódio. Nessa segunda parte do episódio vamos continuar falando sobre mudanças climáticas, o que ela vai causar no futuro, e o que já está causando nesse momento. Vamos falar sobre as consequências do derretimento das geleiras e do permafrost e também sobre a acidificação dos oceanos e o que isso acarretará futuramente para a humanidade. Venha conosco. Fontes: Fonte principal: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/vert-fut-52971813 https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/03/09/virus-microbes-ice/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/do-viruses-die/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4250107/ https://www.portalsaofrancisco.com.br/geografia/pleistoceno Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Biological Sciences and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia - Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/111/47/16643 https://www.ecycle.com.br/1382-acidificacao-dos-oceanos Nossas redes: Contato: teslacoilpodcast@gmail.com Divulgação: Twitter: https://twitter.com/teslacoilcast Divulgação: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teslacoilcast Grupo Tesla Coil no WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/ECWDEm96dk6DVPD3a0B8NO Grupo do Tesla Coil no Telegram: t.me/teslacoilcast Ajude nosso podcast a levar a ciência cada vez mais longe : https://apoia.se/teslacoilcast

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A Terra Esquentou, E Agora? PARTE I - Tesla Coil #35

Tesla Coil Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 16, 2020 48:50

Olá, seres humanos altamente evoluídos ou não. Venha nos acompanhar em mais esse episódio. No episódio de hoje vamos falar sobre mudanças climáticas o que ela vai causar no futuro, e o que já está causando nesse momento. Vamos falar sobre as consequências do derretimento das geleiras e do permafrost, e o que isso acarretará futuramente para a humanidade. Venha conosco. Fontes: Fonte principal: https://www.bbc.com/portuguese/vert-fut-52971813 https://secretsoftheice.com/news/2017/03/09/virus-microbes-ice/ https://www.sciencefocus.com/nature/do-viruses-die/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4250107/ https://www.portalsaofrancisco.com.br/geografia/pleistoceno Marie Bashir Institute for Infectious Diseases and Biosecurity, Charles Perkins Centre, School of Biological Sciences and Sydney Medical School, University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia - Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/111/47/16643 https://www.ecycle.com.br/1382-acidificacao-dos-oceanos Nossas redes: Contato: teslacoilpodcast@gmail.com Divulgação: Twitter: https://twitter.com/teslacoilcast Divulgação: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/teslacoilcast Grupo Tesla Coil no WhatsApp: https://chat.whatsapp.com/ECWDEm96dk6DVPD3a0B8NO Grupo do Tesla Coil no Telegram: t.me/teslacoilcast Ajude nosso podcast a levar a ciência cada vez mais longe : https://apoia.se/teslacoilcast

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Ep 7. Stepping back, looking up: the bigger picture, and where to now?

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 2, 2020 34:15

In this final episode, Professors David Raubenheimer and Steve Simpson step back from the details of research to think about the big picture. We hear about how the Charles Perkins Centre's work is modelled on the biology of the human brain, and we learn of the connection between climate change, protein, infectious disease pandemics and our nutrition. Last, we talk about our individual and collective responsibility for creating the systems that harm our health. Hosted by novelist Charlotte Wood, the first writer-in-residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. More details: EAT LIKE THE ANIMALS THE CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CHARLOTTE WOOD

Ep 6. Petrol in your ice cream: what ultra-processing has done to our diets

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 26, 2020 58:49

This extended episode we're learning about the four kinds of food processing and how each has changed our diets. Earlier, we learned of the five appetites driving human food preferences - but now Professors David Raubenheimer and Steve Simpson discuss an even more powerful craving. It's the appetite for profit, and it's destroying the ability of many of us to keep ourselves healthy. As well, we learn about how and why protein needs change throughout our lives. Hosted by novelist Charlotte Wood, the first writer-in-residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. More details: EAT LIKE THE ANIMALS THE CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CHARLOTTE WOOD

Ep 5. From fire to farm to factory: the evolution & industrialisation of human food environments

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2020 42:43

Last time we looked at how animals' environments provide for their nutritional health. In this episode Professors David Raubenheimer and Steve Simpson step us through key evolutionary developments in human nutrition, from the first use of fire to the start of industrialised food production, and what each big change has meant for our bodies, our societies and our health. Hosted by novelist Charlotte Wood, the first writer-in-residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. More details: EAT LIKE THE ANIMALS THE CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CHARLOTTE WOOD

Ep 4. Into the wild: Diet tips from grasshoppers, spider monkeys & the orangutans of Borneo

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 12, 2020 38:47

Moving out of the lab and into the wild, Professors David Raubenheimer and Steve Simpson take a look at how animals' natural environments provide everything they need for a healthy diet. From chasing a single grasshopper through the Arizona desert to measuring the urine of wild Borneo orang-utans, David explains how carefully animals in the wild select what they eat, and why. And we hear about some of the risks taken by passionate scientists living among the animals for their research. Hosted by novelist Charlotte Wood, the first writer-in-residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. More details: EAT LIKE THE ANIMALS THE CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CHARLOTTE WOOD

Ep 3: What fruit flies and fat mice can tell us about living healthier for longer

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 5, 2020 38:32

In Episode 3 Professors Steve Simpson and David Raubenheimer take us through further experiments - this time on humans, fruit flies and mice - to discover that there's a difference between 'benign' and unhealthy obesity, and a tradeoff between longevity and reproduction when it comes to the amount of protein we eat. And we discover why when you're craving barbecue-flavoured chips, you should eat an egg instead. Hosted by novelist Charlotte Wood, the first writer-in-residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. More details: EAT LIKE THE ANIMALS THE CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CHARLOTTE WOOD

Ep 2: Big discoveries: the 'five appetites' & protein leverage

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 28, 2020 39:31

What drives our food preferences? In Episode 2 Professors Steve Simpson and David Raubenheimer explain their breakthrough discovery about what animals eat and why. They take us through some of their research with insects, spiders, cats, dogs, primates and humans, all leading to the 'protein leverage hypothesis' - the profound change in thinking about what drives our human appetites. Along the way we hear about the challenges of holding your nerve in overturning long-held scientific beliefs. Hosted by novelist Charlotte Wood, the first writer-in-residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. More details: EAT LIKE THE ANIMALS THE CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CHARLOTTE WOOD

Supporting Sustainable Farming Practices in Cambodia - A/Prof Daniel Tan

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 17, 2020 19:37

Improper pest management has led to significant yield loss in rice and other crop harvests in Cambodia, causing economic losses to farmers and environmental disruption through ill-informed chemical use. The use of broad-spectrum pesticides as a solution to all observed pests is commonplace in the rice and mung bean fields of lowland Cambodia and can be linked to unsuitable sources of agricultural information. Associate Professor Daniel Tan chats with Dr Natali Pearson about his lifelong work supporting sustainable farming practices in Cambodia, including through targeted capacity-building programs and the development of image-rich mobile phone applications to assist Cambodian farmers with insect pest identification and crop management. About Daniel Tan: Daniel is Associate Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney. He is also the Country Coordinator for Cambodia at the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, and a member of the Sydney Institute of Agriculture, the Sydney Nano Institute, and the Charles Perkins Centre. Daniel's research focuses on crop agronomy, specifically abiotic stress. He has conducted extensive research in Southeast Asia, including a very successful program that aimed to improve smallholder farmer livelihoods in Cambodia, with funding from the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR). Daniel currently has collaborative research links at CSIRO Plant Industry (Narrabri), the University of Oxford, NSW Department of Agriculture, Applied Horticultural Research (Sydney), Texas A&M University (USA) the United States Department of Agriculture (Lubbock, Texas, USA) and ICRISAT, India. Daniel has been a member of the Australian Institute of Agricultural Science and Technology (AIAST) since 1991. He is also on the Editorial Boards of the 'Journal of Science of Food and Agriculture' and 'Frontiers of Plant Science'. View the transcript at: https://bit.ly/3iXMXNa

Ep 1. Curiosity, childhood and the natural world: the making of two scientists

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 15, 2020 45:13

Are scientists born or made? In Episode 1 we hear about the early years of Professors Steve Simpson and David Raubenheimer, and their childhood investigations into the natural world. From Steve's high school reconstructions of a cow skeleton to David's childhood hypothesis about the harmfulness of bees, we see how two schoolboys grew into two world-renowned scientists. We learn of their meeting at Oxford University and the early experiments with locusts that led to their groundbreaking findings about human nutrition. Along the way we discuss how curiosity makes room for the tenacity to go your own way as a scientist and challenge long-held 'truths' about the world. Hosted by novelist Charlotte Wood, the first writer-in-residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, University of Sydney. More details: EAT LIKE THE ANIMALS THE CHARLES PERKINS CENTRE, UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY CHARLOTTE WOOD

Understanding Hunger to Help You Lose Weight & Secrets of Successful Relationships

Something You Should Know

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 11, 2020 41:12

What should you do when you get a fever? Some people say you should take medicine to knock it down – some say to leave it alone. Who’s right? This episode begins with an answer to that question. http://www.menshealth.com/health/clean-up-your-health-routineWe tend to think of hunger as one thing. However, there is solid research to show that we have several different hungers – 5 actually. Stephen Simpson has studied this and explains how understanding different hungers can help you eat less and control your weight. Stephen is Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre and Professor in the School of Life and Environmental Sciences at the University of Sydney in Australia and author of the book Eat Like the Animals (https://amzn.to/36Z66sJ).When was the last time you really cleaned your car’s steering wheel or dashboard or gear shift? After you hear this, you will probably want to attend to that right away. http://www.medicentre.co.uk/dirty_cars_breed_bacteria.htmlAll romantic relationships start out with high hopes. Still, many don’t last. So what can you do to make sure you find the right person and then keep the relationship happy and healthy? Here with some great advice is Joanne DaVila. She has been studying and speaking about romantic relationships as a professor at Stony Brook University. She is author of the book The Thinking Girl's Guide to the Right Guy (https://amzn.to/2Y4ZdSt) and she has a great TED Talk on the skills for healthy romantic relationships. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gh5VhaicC6g)This Week's Sponsors-Kong Box. Got to www.KongBox.com/something to make a $1 donation to help less fortunate dogs and your first Kong Box is free!-Pindrop. Listen to the new podcast Pindrop https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pindrop/id1514010062

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Talking Writing: The Body

Writing NSW

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2020 63:52

What is ‘normal’ when it comes to our bodies? When we think of what that is, we can’t help but be influenced by the excess of images and ideas of what we should (and shouldn’t) be. Queer bodies, obesity, bodies of colour, disability, illness and more tend to fall outside the narrow scope of the body in Australian collective thinking. For Talking Writing: The Body, we spent the evening examining what it is to move through the world with a body that can be marginalised by the limiting socially devised definition of what the body should be and do. In this event, writers discussed writing their own bodies, identity and the challenges of representation in a country that is still grappling with notions of what a ‘normal’ body looks like. Author and Judy Harris Writer in Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre, Tracy Sorensen, chaired this panel featuring author Peter Polites, queercrip poet and historian Robin M Eames, and award-winning Filipina poet and teaching artist Eunice Andrada.

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Culture, Food and Environment: Indigenous Experiences of Hunger in West Papua - Dr Sophie Chao

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 18:53

Over the last decade, indigenous Marind communities in the rural district of Merauke, West Papua, have seen vast swaths of their forests and savannas razed to make way for monocrop oil palm plantations. These developments are promoted by the Indonesian government as part of efforts to achieve national self-sufficiency in basic commodities, including palm oil, sugar, and rice. On the ground, however, agribusiness expansion is undermining the local food and water security of Marind communities, who have traditionally relied on the forest for their subsistence. Dr Sophie Chao spoke to Dr Natali Pearson about the interconnections between processed food, hunger and Indigenous sovereignty in West Papua. About Sophie Chao: Sophie joined the University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in History in 2019. Her research interests include human-plant relations, multispecies ethnography, race and human difference, ontological anthropology, biocapitalism, colonial and postcolonial studies, post-humanism, phenomenology, and the senses. Sophie previously worked for international indigenous rights organization Forest Peoples Programme in the United Kingdom and Indonesia and has published over thirty works on human rights and the palm oil sector in Southeast Asia. She has also undertaken consultancies for United Nations bodies including the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the United Nations Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises. Sophie's postdoctoral project will weave together social science methods (including history), science and technology studies, and biomedicine to examine the nutritional and health impacts of agribusiness on humans and their environments in Indonesia. Sophie is also interested in research development more generally and looks forward to engaging in inter-disciplinary collaboration on food, culture, and nutrition with members of the Department of History, the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, other departments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences more generally, and the Charles Perkins Centre. You can follow Dr Sophie Chao on Twitter @Sophie_MH_Chao View the transcript here: https://bit.ly/3b8Ha37

Agribusiness, Anthropology and Activism - Dr Sophie Chao

Better Than Yesterday, with Osher Günsberg

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2020 22:07

Dr Sophie Chao spoke to Dr Natali Pearson about her anthropological research in West Papua, reflecting on the challenges of conducting anthropological research, her transition from activist to academic, and the palm oil industry's impact on the Marind communities of West Papua, Indonesia. About Sophie Chao: Sophie joined the University of Sydney as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in History in 2019. Her research interests include human-plant relations, multispecies ethnography, race and human difference, ontological anthropology, biocapitalism, colonial and postcolonial studies, post-humanism, phenomenology, and the senses. Sophie previously worked for international indigenous rights organization Forest Peoples Programme in the United Kingdom and Indonesia and has published over thirty works on human rights and the palm oil sector in Southeast Asia. She has also undertaken consultancies for United Nations bodies including the Food and Agriculture Organisation and the United Nations Working Group on the Issue of Human Rights and Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises. Sophie's postdoctoral project will weave together social science methods (including history), science and technology studies, and biomedicine to examine the nutritional and health impacts of agribusiness on humans and their environments in Indonesia. Sophie is also interested in research development more generally and looks forward to engaging in inter-disciplinary collaboration on food, culture, and nutrition with members of the Department of History, the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre, other departments in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences more generally, and the Charles Perkins Centre. You can follow Dr Sophie Chao on Twitter @Sophie_MH_Chao

318: The Best of 2019 - Dr Nick Fuller

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2020 100:55

Donate to help with Bushfire recovery:https://www.rfs.nsw.gov.au/http://frrr.org.auThis week's Guest:Dr Nick Fuller is a Leading obesity expert at University of Sydney and RPA Hospital and Creator of Interval Weight Loss.His current position as research program leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with government and industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for the treatment and management of obesity and related physical and mental disorders.He’s the Bestselling Author of Interval Weight Loss and Interval Weight Loss For Life.95% of people fail on their weight loss attempts.Not because of a lack of willpower, but because of the biological protections left over from our time on earth as hunter gatherers. Dr Nick Fuller uses science to teach the body how to overcome these protections so a person can lose weight without the body fighting it.It’s a great conversation that I hope you get a lot out of.For more drnickfuller.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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This is What a Feminist Looks Like by Emily Maguire, with Zoya Patel

National Library of Australia

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2019 64:27

In this passionate and timely account, Emily Maguire charts a course through the history of Australian feminism—from the First Wave to the Fourth, from suffragists to Riot Grrrls, from equal pay to #metoo. Along the way, she pays tribute to those who’ve spoken up and taken action in the face of ridicule, dismissal and violence. This Is What a Feminist Looks Like shows us how we got to where we are today—and reminds us that some battles must be fought over and over again. Author, Emily Maguire and Zoya Patel joined us in conversation to further investigate these themes. Emily Maguire Emily Maguire is the author of five novels, including An Isolated Incident which was shortlisted for the Stella Prize, the ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year and the Miles Franklin Literary Award. Her 2008 non-fiction book Princesses and Pornstars: Sex, Power, Identity was a frank, personal examination of what it meant to be young and female in Australia. A Young Adult version of this book titled Your Skirt’s Too Short: Sex, Power, Choice was published in 2010. Emily works as a teacher and as a mentor to young and emerging writers and was the 2018 Writer-in-Residence at the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney. Zoya Patel Zoya Patel is a writer, editor and communications professional, based in Canberra. Her debut book, No Country Woman, a collection of memoir essays on race, identity and the diaspora is out now through Hachette Australia. In 2015, Zoya was named ACT Young Woman of the Year for her commitment to raising the profile of women’s voices in the media. She is the founder and editor of Feminartsy, an online feminist arts and literature journal, and is the former Editor-In-Chief of Lip Magazine. She has written for a number of publications, including The Canberra Times, Right Now, Junkee, Women’s Agenda, and more.

304: Dr Nick Fuller

Better Than Yesterday, with Osher Günsberg

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2019 81:00

Dr Nick Fuller is a Leading obesity expert at University of Sydney and RPA Hospital and Creator of Interval Weight Loss. His current position as research program leader within the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney involves working with government and industry to identify and develop cost-effective treatments for the treatment and management of obesity and related physical and mental disorders.He’s the Bestselling Author of Interval Weight Loss and Interval Weight Loss For Life.95% of people fail on their weight loss attempts. Not because of a lack of willpower, but because of the biological protections left over from our time on earth as hunter gatherers. Dr Nick Fuller uses science to teach the body how to overcome these protections so a person can lose weight without the body fighting it.It’s a great conversation that I hope you get a lot out of. For more drnickfuller.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Living longer: why, and how?

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 65:45

Ageing is the main cause of chronic diseases such as Alzheimer's, cancer and cardiovascular disease. Given this inexorable link, can we extend our lifespan without risking our health and quality of life? For further reading, Professor Luigi Fontana from the Charles Perkins Centre shares his key tips on how your dietary habits can help you to live longer and reduce risk of heart attack. Visit the website to learn more: http://bit.ly/2m1alAF

Inside The Obesity Collective

All Fired Up

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 74:33 Transcription Available

DO NOT MISS this explosive episode of All Fired Up! The Obesity Collective is a sparkly new organisation gaining attention nationwide for its ostensibly ‘collaborative’ approach to ‘tackling’ obesity, whilst simultaneously erasing weight stigma (oh please how much of a mindboggle is that?!). But who are they really? My guest this week is Mandy-Lee Noble, anti-diet dietitian from Nourished Approach in Brisbane, and she has had a GUTFUL of industry interests penetrating our health narrative. Once we dug a little deeper into The Obesity Collective we found that the tentacles of Big Pharma have a firm hold on the goolies of all our so-called ‘independent’ Obesity organisations. You won’t believe how deep this goes. Next time you read a hysterical news headline highlighting the terrors of Obesity Epidemic, know who funded it! ShowNotes Content warning and Apology !! This episode contains multiple uses of the word ‘obesity’. This is a stigmatising term and not one I nor my guest Mandy Lee Noble are comfortable using. However, as the topic of this episode is all about an organisation called The Obesity Collective, there are a lot of “O” words used. There are also lots of swear words to make up for it! My guest, dietitian Mandy-Lee Noble is all fired up about conflicts of interest and vested interests in health care, and within weight centric research and industries in particular. Mandy & Louise fell down a massive rabbithole when they accidentally stumbled across a particularly troubling example of this, the subject of today’s podcast. During a HAES Australia leadership meeting, we came across the “Obesity Australia” website, and their “fact sheets” were rather hilarious. These fact sheets contained not just outdated, but frankly very bizarre advice regarding weight loss. “Obesity Australia” are ostensibly one of Australia’s leading ‘authorities’ on obesity, and many of the country’s leading researchers, practitioners etc, are involved. And yet the fact sheets look like they were thrown together by either a year 9 school boy or an elderly person with very little connection to the real world. One of the ‘fact’ sheets was about drinks you should be having to lose weight, written by former head of Obesity Australia John Funder, whose diet tips have come directly from 1935. He recommends “egg flips” and “Miss Muffett’s favourite tipple, curds and whey”. Does ANYONE know what an egg flip is? And what about curds and whey?? He then goes on to rage against fish and chips, and goes on a bizarre rant telling us to strip the fish and chips of batter, and ‘put it amongst the pickled onion’. What is he even talking about here? Where did the pickled onion even come from? 1970? John also has a huge grudge against potato crisps, which he says are ‘lethal’. Now Mandy, being a bit of a rebel, has on several occasions since reading that thrown caution to the wind and deliberately and vigorously eaten said lethal crisps, and has lived to tell the tale. Another tip was to ‘drink coke zero’, to ‘fool yourself into eating slightly less’. This tip appears to have come from Weight Watchers in circa 1980. Mandy believes this may work through the process of being forced to eat slightly less because you have no teeth! Seriously what’s with the totally SHIT advice here? This is from a highly regarded and very knowledgeable researcher? It’s encouraging behaviours that overall are not hugely health supportive, all in the name of weight loss! John also ‘recommends’ that a ‘rule of thumb’ is to always weigh the same as you did at the age of 25, even if we have less bone and muscle mass as a result. All of the actual research would contest that: there is a plethora of evidence to show that as we age we do get heavier, and preserving muscle mass as we age is very health supportive. It’s quite literally the opposite of what science tells us. People at a higher body mass are actually often healthier than smaller people as they age. Some of the information in the fact sheets started to lead us down a rabbit hole. One of them, written by Professor Joseph Proietto (who does not reveal his association with multiple pharmaceutical companies), states that most people who lose weight will not keep it off, and will regain, so he recommends the use of appetite suppressing medication. As we read, it became apparent that an agenda was peppered throughout these ‘fact’ sheets’. Repeatedly given is the message that most people who lose weight will regain it; that obesity is ‘a disease process’. We experienced a growing sense of unease - just who are Obesity Australia, and who is behind these organisations that claim expertise and leadership in the area of so-called ‘obesity’? People right now may not be hearing from Obesity Australia as much as “The Obesity Collective”. Now, this might sound like a trendy cafe or a tragic boy band, but it’s actually them who have featured in the media quite a bit in Australia recently. “The Obesity Collective” was launched on 31 July 2018 (happy first anniversary!), at a swanky reception at the Charles Perkins Centre, the University of Sydney’s $500 million hub for the study of ‘lifestyle diseases’ such as obesity. Headed by Professor Stephen Simpson, who also happens to be the head of The Obesity Collective. The Obesity Collective describes itself as “a group of committed individuals and organisations from across the community, working together to take on the obesity challenge together, with empathy and a whole of society perspective”. Doesn’t that sound warm, fuzzy….and a little bit scary! Mandy thinks they’re a bit ‘fast and loose’ with words like empathy! So Stephen Simpson is the academic director of the Charles Perkins Centre, and the executive director of Obesity Australia. Professor Simpson’s research interests are probably not what you’d expect: “Developing an integrative modelling framework for nutrition using insects that has been applied to a wide range of organisms, from slime moulds to humans, and problems, including the dietary causes of human obesity and ageing. He has also revolutionised understanding of swarming in locusts, with research spanning neurochemical events within the brains of individual locusts to continental-scale mass migration.” How much has he studied empathy within locust populations? Potentially more than he’s studied it within humans! Professor Simpson has accomplished a lot in his career, he went to Oxford University, and he’s one of these charismatic figures. He is definitely bringing a hip, urban edge to the Charles Perkins Centre, and also to the Obesity Collective, really trying to make it look engaging, warm and welcoming. He’s trying to portray the Obesity Collective as a great collection of warm and wonderful people who are going to combat not only obesity but obesity stigma, which is...an interesting challenge. Professor Simpson recently appeared on ABC’s The Drum program, on a show about obesity and fat shaming. Professor Jenny Lee was on (academic and fat activist), as was someone with ‘lived experience’ who was actually one of the Nepean Obesity Service’s weight loss ‘success stories’. Sarah Harry from Body Positive Australia was also featured, but did not appear live and wasn’t given enough screen time as someone in a larger body not riddled with internalised weight stigma. Jenny Lee was also somewhat sidelined by Professor Simpson, who remained resolute in his attitude that body size is a disease. The message of the show was definitely skewed towards eradicating the ‘problem’ of obesity, but let’s be nice about it. No amount of empathic-sounding buzz words can disguise the true intention. Professor Simpson asked Jenny Lee to join the Obesity Collective, but she declined. So the Obesity Collective’s launch at the Charles Perkins Centre in 2018 was funded by Novo Nordisk, a pharmaceutical company traditionally known for its production of insulin, but with a flooded market, has recently turned its hand to producing weight loss drugs. The Collective is trying to recruit different organisations and individuals including: NGOs, Academics, Young Entrepreneurs, The Private Sector, Community Leaders, Government, Healthcare Providers and people with lived experience. We couldn’t see any evidence that people with lived experience are actually a part of the Collective, there’s just this statement on their website that they’re there. Novo Nordisk have described themselves to be ‘active members’ of The Obesity Collective. It’s very prominent on their website that Novo is the Collective’s main funder. So what have the Obesity Collective achieved in their first year? They’ve been really good at raising the panic button. They’ve been in the media - not just the Drum, but radio, and print media. So they’re getting attention. They released a report called “Weighing in: Australia’s Growing Obesity Epidemic”. The report outlines statistics around the prevalence of obesity in Australia and bangs on about how much fatter we’ll be at this rate and how many diseases are caused by fatness. The cheekiest part of the report is where they re-cycle the statistics on the apparent economic cost projections of obesity, which they took directly from Obesity Australia’s 2015 report which was prepared by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and sponsored by Novo Nordisk. (more about them later in the conversation). !! The 2019 report did not disclose any funding from Novo Nordisk, it said it was authored by The Obesity Collective without naming who actually wrote it. But substantial sections have been taken directly from a previous report which had unlimited funding from Novo Nordisk. The Obesity Collective have also released a ‘fact sheet’ in which they say that obesity is ‘not just about personal responsibility’. Obesity Australia & The Obesity Collective just don’t get that the very framing of obesity is stigmatising. They really don’t get stigma. They actually think weight stigma is their tool to try to get people to lose weight (like take weight loss drugs!). And weight loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Saxenda, if you can tolerate the side effects, will maybe give you very modest weight loss results - if you can believe their own industry funded research! In 2015 in Australia, Novo Nordisk got TGA approval for their new weight loss drug, Saxenda. Since then, they have been quite aggressive in their tactics in raising awareness of how ‘awful’ obesity is and how urgent it is that we ‘act’. Through avenues such as these organisations, Obesity Australia & The Obesity Collective. The Obesity Collective also provided a submission to the Senate Select Committee on the ‘obesity epidemic’ - as did HAES Australia. In their submission to the committee, they said ‘we are working to transform the way society thinks, speaks and acts on obesity to reduce the impact obesity has on all of us”. What a mind fuck of a statement! In one part, they claim to be working to de stigmatise obesity, in the next breath, they stigmatise it all over again. What they are aiming to do - eradicate larger people - is implicitly stigmatising. They think stigma is a barrier to weight loss. They want people not to feel stigmatised coming in and asking for weight loss drugs. Mandy & Louise have been blown away by how pervasive the industry funding is in this area. We don’t have enough time or woman hours to delve completely, but this rabbit hole is massive. In their submission, The Obesity Collective stipulate the causes of obesity to be genetic, epigenetic, and biological drivers. But on the next breath they say this does not excuse people from committing to try to lose weight. So again, in one breath stating how body weight is not within our control, in the next demanding that we as individuals keep trying to control it. This thread runs throughout: on the one hand, all of the recognition of the science is there, and an almost HAES-y style of writing, and on the other, we’re back to keep trying to lose weight! Same science: different conclusions. They also referred to the Novo-funded report from 2015 in their submission, saying that the overall direct costs of obesity to Australia in 2011-12 Australia were determined to be $3.8 billion, while indirect costs were calculated to be $4.8 billion (PWC 2015). But if you compare even this figure (which Mandy really doesn’t think is totally convincing), considering that our total health expenditure for 2011-12 was $150 billion, then it’s just a drop in the ocean of our health care spending, hardly the health sector crushing scenario we’re often given. The same report also argued that the costs incurred from the stigma of obesity, including discrimination across education, work, and social spheres, is ‘incalculable’. It’s so much more than the actual cost! They are using stigma for their own agenda. These ‘reports’ put out by bodies such as the Obesity Collective or Obesity Australia are always the same format: 1. Obesity is bad, and getting worse, 2. obesity causes all sorts of diseases, 3. obesity is going to cripple our health system, and 4. we MUST urgently act and do something. And - it’s not your fault and it’s hard to fix - so - here’s some thing (ie drugs, put them on the PBS). But who are The Obesity Collective? They are actually a subsidiary of Obesity Australia. Essentially, Obesity Australia are the parent company of the Obesity Collective. Obesity Australia are a registered charity, and they have been in operation since 2011. They describe themselves as “an independent, not-for-profit, legal entity’. The ‘independent’ angle is interesting, because Obesity Australia receives most of its funding from industry ‘partners’, including Weight Watchers, Allergan (a pharma company who make the lap bands), and other pharma companies including inova and Novo Nordisk, who gave around $200 000 to Obesity Australia between 2011 and 2015. In 2011, Allergan kicked in quite a bit of money to get Obesity Australia started - around $150 000. Over 3 years they kicked in around $300 000. Allergan had actually gained a lot of cred for helping to fund these organisations, it helped them to be seen as a company doing ‘good’. But it wasn’t all good: Allergan, and the Centre for Obesity Research (CORE) in Melbourne received negative publicity in the media when their plans to target poor and Aboriginal teenagers for their weight loss experiments were disclosed to the media. Between 2011 and 2015, Obesity Australia received just over $1 million in funding. Of this, 80% was spent on “Board Expenses” and ‘consultancy’. Of that, 30% was “Board expenses”. Tax concessions also apply as this is a charity. It’s a LOT of money for all of that independence. And what exactly are these ‘Board expenses”? Many of the Board members of Obesity Australia have also received other money (for consultancy fees etc) from the pharma companies. Since 2015, Novo Nordisk has provided Obesity Australia with ‘unrestricted grants’ to produce reports about how dire the obesity epidemic is, and the URGENT need for interventions, including - no surprises here - pharmacological medicines. It is an urgent need for Novo, because in 2015 they finally got their weight loss drug Saxenda approved by the TGA. They’re not even bothering to hide it - on the Obesity Australia website you can click through to a presentation by Novo Nordisk to Obesity Australia in which they blatantly reveal that Novo are committed to ‘create legitimacy and urgency for the medical management of obesity’. Really, what Novo are after is to have obesity declared a disease: if this happens, they can push their drugs more heavily and even get weight loss drugs on the PBS, a massive potential windfall for them. The principles of Obesity Australia and the principles of Novo Nordisk are very much aligned with each other. Even the Charles Perkins Centre refer to obesity as a ‘disease’, when actually it’s not. In Australia, the Australian Medical Association do not classify higher body weight as a disease, nor do the World Health Organisation. They do talk about weight being a risk factor, but not a disease within itself. There are many people in larger bodies with no or very few health issues, if we classify this as a disease suddenly a whole pile of people become suddenly sick. How we think about our health status can really impact on our actual health status. And the influence of Novo Nordisk does not end with funding for Obesity Australia, and the unlimited funding for their ‘reports’. In the newly formed Obesity Collective, 8 of their academics on their boards receive direct financial benefits from Novo Nordisk, for consultancy, travel costs, etc, another couple of academics work at an institutions that receive funding from Novo Nordisk and a further 4 people on the Board are employed by PriceWaterhouseCooper (PWC). Which is interesting, because Novo Nordisk is a well established and long existing client of the multinational auditors PriceWaterhouseCooper. One of the academics enjoying funding from Novo Nordisk is Professor Stephen Simpson himself - the head of The Obesity Collective, Obesity Australia, and The Charles Perkins Centre. He has just received a grant for his research Ancestral causes of obesity: Understanding epigenetic transmission by spermatozoa; with co-author Romain Barres, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor Barres enjoys unlimited research funding from Novo. This information is not being hidden, it is right there on the Charles Perkins Centre website on Professor Simpson’s information page. It’s hard to find academics involved in Obesity Australia who are not being paid by Novo Nordisk in some capacity. And this reaches beyond the Obesity Collective and Obesity Australia, because Novo Nordisk are busily paying our medical doctors and health professionals as well. According to a news article from Crikey, Novo have spent $3.2 million over 3 years on speaker fees and for experts to sit on its medical advisory boards. Novo’s declarations show 1300 separate payments to Australian GP’s, nurses and specialists over 3 years, with recurring payments to a handful of prominent specialists. Basically, Novo are hell bent on creating an air of scientific legitimacy to penetrate a potentially very lucrative market. The Obesity Australia website has a ‘response’ to ‘recent media attention’ which is really talking about the Crikey series of articles. They don’t actually refute anything that was said in the articles, they simply say that Novo is not their only funding source! They also said that Obesity Australia relies mainly on ‘unpaid volunteers’, which Mandy calls bullshit on! Unless these volunteers are working a million hours, this is simply not true! In their financial reports, there are less than a handful of individuals who are actually listed as volunteers. It said that they have strict guidelines about industry funding and that any engagement with ‘third parties’ are passed through their industry guidelines - “Obesity Australia is transparent around funding and projects that are funded by third parties are passed through our engagement with industry guidelines. These consider the nature of the project to be funded in relation to potential conflicts of interest (real or perceived), and the degree of alignment between the commercial interests of the funder and improving the lives of those living with obesity.” We do have to say that we don’t know the ins and outs of Obesity Australia’s funding from 2017 onwards as they have not posted any financial statements yet. From 2015 onwards Obesity Australia’s financial reports became a lot less detailed. In 2015, Obesity Australia changed and was taken into the Charles Perkins Centre: “Obesity Australia, founded in 2011 has now joined with the Charles Perkins Centre, which will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Obesity Australia. Obesity Australia remains in independent legal entity and will continue to be governed by the OA Board.” So we now have a lot less detailed financial information about the ins and outs of funding for Obesity Australia & The Obesity Collective, but we know that Novo Nordisk are still a major player in The Obesity Collective. Their logo is all over the Obesity Collective website. It is interesting because the Charles Perkins Centre really pride themselves on actually researching the impact of industry funding on how research and how knowledge is produced. None of the Charles Perkins research on the impact of industry funding has been directed towards Novo Nordisk. In September 2018 there was a flurry of media attention to the Charles Perkins research which showed that industry funding had a huge impact on research outcomes. Basically, corporate funding will skew the results towards industry not the people. Disclosure of payments by pharma and industry is important. Professor Simpson himself has had a lot to say about industry funding, coming out against Coke funding research at the Boden Centre for Obesity Research at the University of Sydney. Professor Simpson said that the Charles Perkins Centre had ‘strict guidelines’ regarding engagement with industry. And Louise had a look at these, and they basically say it’s really important for the centre to engage with industry. So there you go! So they are saying as long as we are transparent about our engagement with industry, it’s ok. Professor Simpson is actually also the Director of the engagement with industry committee! To their credit, The Charles Perkins Centre are transparent on their websites about Novo Nordisk funding their launch, about Professor Simpson’s research grant, and the unlimited research grants from Novo to write a series of reports about how awful the ‘obesity epidemic’ is, but there is a lot missing as well. Off the back of these reports came a shit tonne of publicity. Louise counted 11 different news articles in which the contents of these reports were discussed by either Professor Simpson or one of the Obesity Australia board members, and not once is the industry link mentioned in any of these press releases. This means that for the average person, there is no transparency. The average person would need to visit the website and trawl around to see who is funding the Obesity Collective in order to know. This is NOT transparent. There is a narrative being created which is being orchestrated by big pharma. Mandy has been asked to become involved in this world, but as a completely independent dietitian she declined. We will do a whole podcast on Saxenda, because we don’t have time now! Because the way the research is being conducted needs to be discussed. Also, Novo have more weight loss drugs in the pipeline, and Australians are being targeted for their market. With sparkly shopfronts like The Obesity Collective, positioned in prestigious universities, it’s really hard for the average person to figure out what science is really saying, and what marketing and funding is doing to how we think about all of this. Sydney uni and the Charles Perkins Centre even put on an entire event called “fighting truth decay” which was all about how industry funding can get in the way of seeing the truth! And who hosted it - you guessed it - Professor Locust! What a great technique to build trust, to be a university who talk about the corrupting influence of industry funding. But then to still do it??? Another of the Charles Perkins Centre events was about lived experience of ‘obesity’, but lo and behold they did not bother to record that! Speaking of lived experience, the Obesity Collective say they have this section called the “Weight Issues Network” which is apparently for people with lived experience ‘and their carers’ (condescending much??). But Mandy and Louise could find no evidence of this actually existing. Louise even emailed them asking to join, and so far - no response… In fact - CRICKETS!! How ironic that the lived experience of people in larger bodies is being erased by the Obesity Collective - who do not seem to have any larger people involved. There’s not even a picture of a larger person on their website, I mean COME ON. On the Obesity Australia website you can click through and see the members and they are all small. This is awful to see a committee writing about what they should do to solve the ‘problem’ of larger bodies…...with no one larger in sight. Maybe The Obesity Collective need to think about the reality of inviting people to be involved in a collective that wants to literally obliterate people who look like them. Representation is important, and this is not happening because this organisation cannot see past their own noses. Still stuck in 1935. We’ll end on a really scary quote from a Reuters story from 2017 about Novo where the CEO is talking about taking a ‘bet’ on obesity. “I see a huge opportunity in obesity and I don’t see a lot of competitors moving into the space,” he told Reuters during a visit to London.” “Saxenda only accounts for 2 percent of Novo’s overall sales but analysts expect it to sell more than $1 billion by 2023, according to consensus forecasts compiled by Thomson Reuters. “ So - the big agenda is for companies like Novo Nordisk to provide funding to organisations like Obesity Australia and The Obesity Collective, to push to have Obesity declared as a disease, so they can increase the market for their weight loss drugs. If they can get their drugs on the PBS, there is huge profit involved. What has completely done our heads in throughout are the claims made by Obesity Collective - to be inclusive (no), to de-stigmatise (no), to be mindful of health inequalities (no), to be informed by evidence and prepared to innovate (oh my god), and to DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST! Which they do - but only if you look really, really hard. The Obesity Collective is a lovely smokescreen, and media reports are still not disclosing the funding. Everyone - please post pics of you eating those ‘lethal’ potato chips! Resources Mentioned Find Mandy-Lee Noble on her website, on facebook, or email her at mandy@nourishedapproach.com.au The Obesity Collective website (also the Obesity Australia website) The 1935 factsheet about Curds ‘n Whey “Drinks That Make It Worse (!)” Serious prejudice against fish and chips The infamous potato chips as lethal ‘fact sheet’ Joseph Proietto’s fact sheet about the need for weight loss medication All about Professor Stephen Simpson, head of the Charles Perkins Centre, Executive Director of Obesity Australia, and head of The Obesity Collective. The Drum Episode The “Weighing In: Australia’s Growing Obesity Epidemic” report from The Obesity Collective Negative news stories about Allergan targeting poor and Aboriginal teens for their weight loss experiments More negative publicity about conflicts of interest in Australian obesity ‘experts’. The Novo Nordisk presentation where they blatantly reveal their aim to penetrate the Australian market (look under ‘resources from the 2015 summit’). Professor Simpson’s research grant buddy Romain Barr and his Novo affiliation. Professor Simpson’s Charles Perkins Centre Information page with his research grant from Novo. Just some of the payments made by Novo Nordisk to Australian health professionals. The Crikey articles discussing Novo’s plans to infiltrate Australia - there are a series of 4 articles, read them all: https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/07/01/obesity-politics-money-company-novo-nordisk/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/07/02/betting-obesity-benefits-disease-classification/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/07/03/commercial-bet-obesity-designed-create-the-market/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/07/04/betting-on-obesity-winning-hearts-minds-pockets-doctors/ Obesity Australia’s response to the Crikey articles Sydney University research on the impact of industry funding on outcomes: https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/02/21/industry-funding-biases-drug-study-findings-.html https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/16/pharmaceutical-companies-spent-34m-on-patient-advocacy-groups-research-finds https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/anything-to-declare-corporate-influence-in-medical Professor Simpson being all fired up about industry funding with Coke The Charles Perkins centre transparency guidelines for working with industry 11 news articles featuring The Obesity Collective or its members in which Novo Nordisk funding was not mentioned: https://www.smh.com.au/national/that-was-the-most-heartbreaking-part-australia-s-obesity-epidemic-out-of-control-20190326-p517l5.html https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/research-shows-australians-must-lose-weight-to-save-money-and-help-improve-the-economy/news-story/d4618d77c9d04d14d6f5d3eed04c6185 https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/09/22/how-to-talk-to-a-loved-one-about-their-weight_a_21472370/ https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/‘we-can-really-call-this-an-epidemic’-obesity-rate https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/while-politicians-refuse-to-act-australians-become-more-overweight-20181113-p50fu9.html https://www.afr.com/leadership/fatness-debunked-as-obesity-expert-says-its-not-your-fault-20181113-h17trg https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/personal-responsibility-not-way-to-fix-obesity-crisis-20180801-p4zuwu.html https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/lets-get-creative-in-the-fight-against-obesity-20151201-glcy0v.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/02/25/obesity-cost-in-australia_n_9199240.html https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/obesity-australia-summit-2018-a-new-approach-to-a https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/the-obesity-collective/10056982 The Charles Perkins’ Centre event Fighting Truth Decay Scary story from Reuters about Novo and how it’s taking a ‘bet’ on obesity.

Inside The Obesity Collective

ALL FIRED UP

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2019 74:33

DO NOT MISS this explosive episode of All Fired Up! The Obesity Collective is a sparkly new organisation gaining attention nationwide for its ostensibly ‘collaborative’ approach to ‘tackling’ obesity, whilst simultaneously erasing weight stigma (oh please how much of a mindboggle is that?!). But who are they really? My guest this week is Mandy-Lee Noble, anti-diet dietitian from Nourished Approach in Brisbane, and she has had a GUTFUL of industry interests penetrating our health narrative. Once we dug a little deeper into The Obesity Collective we found that the tentacles of Big Pharma have a firm hold on the goolies of all our so-called ‘independent’ Obesity organisations. You won’t believe how deep this goes. Next time you read a hysterical news headline highlighting the terrors of Obesity Epidemic, know who funded it! ShowNotes Content warning and Apology !! This episode contains multiple uses of the word ‘obesity’. This is a stigmatising term and not one I nor my guest Mandy Lee Noble are comfortable using. However, as the topic of this episode is all about an organisation called The Obesity Collective, there are a lot of “O” words used. There are also lots of swear words to make up for it! My guest, dietitian Mandy-Lee Noble is all fired up about conflicts of interest and vested interests in health care, and within weight centric research and industries in particular. Mandy & Louise fell down a massive rabbithole when they accidentally stumbled across a particularly troubling example of this, the subject of today’s podcast. During a HAES Australia leadership meeting, we came across the “Obesity Australia” website, and their “fact sheets” were rather hilarious. These fact sheets contained not just outdated, but frankly very bizarre advice regarding weight loss. “Obesity Australia” are ostensibly one of Australia’s leading ‘authorities’ on obesity, and many of the country’s leading researchers, practitioners etc, are involved. And yet the fact sheets look like they were thrown together by either a year 9 school boy or an elderly person with very little connection to the real world. One of the ‘fact’ sheets was about drinks you should be having to lose weight, written by former head of Obesity Australia John Funder, whose diet tips have come directly from 1935. He recommends “egg flips” and “Miss Muffett’s favourite tipple, curds and whey”. Does ANYONE know what an egg flip is? And what about curds and whey?? He then goes on to rage against fish and chips, and goes on a bizarre rant telling us to strip the fish and chips of batter, and ‘put it amongst the pickled onion’. What is he even talking about here? Where did the pickled onion even come from? 1970? John also has a huge grudge against potato crisps, which he says are ‘lethal’. Now Mandy, being a bit of a rebel, has on several occasions since reading that thrown caution to the wind and deliberately and vigorously eaten said lethal crisps, and has lived to tell the tale. Another tip was to ‘drink coke zero’, to ‘fool yourself into eating slightly less’. This tip appears to have come from Weight Watchers in circa 1980. Mandy believes this may work through the process of being forced to eat slightly less because you have no teeth! Seriously what’s with the totally SHIT advice here? This is from a highly regarded and very knowledgeable researcher? It’s encouraging behaviours that overall are not hugely health supportive, all in the name of weight loss! John also ‘recommends’ that a ‘rule of thumb’ is to always weigh the same as you did at the age of 25, even if we have less bone and muscle mass as a result. All of the actual research would contest that: there is a plethora of evidence to show that as we age we do get heavier, and preserving muscle mass as we age is very health supportive. It’s quite literally the opposite of what science tells us. People at a higher body mass are actually often healthier than smaller people as they age. Some of the information in the fact sheets started to lead us down a rabbit hole. One of them, written by Professor Joseph Proietto (who does not reveal his association with multiple pharmaceutical companies), states that most people who lose weight will not keep it off, and will regain, so he recommends the use of appetite suppressing medication. As we read, it became apparent that an agenda was peppered throughout these ‘fact’ sheets’. Repeatedly given is the message that most people who lose weight will regain it; that obesity is ‘a disease process’. We experienced a growing sense of unease - just who are Obesity Australia, and who is behind these organisations that claim expertise and leadership in the area of so-called ‘obesity’? People right now may not be hearing from Obesity Australia as much as “The Obesity Collective”. Now, this might sound like a trendy cafe or a tragic boy band, but it’s actually them who have featured in the media quite a bit in Australia recently. “The Obesity Collective” was launched on 31 July 2018 (happy first anniversary!), at a swanky reception at the Charles Perkins Centre, the University of Sydney’s $500 million hub for the study of ‘lifestyle diseases’ such as obesity. Headed by Professor Stephen Simpson, who also happens to be the head of The Obesity Collective. The Obesity Collective describes itself as “a group of committed individuals and organisations from across the community, working together to take on the obesity challenge together, with empathy and a whole of society perspective”. Doesn’t that sound warm, fuzzy….and a little bit scary! Mandy thinks they’re a bit ‘fast and loose’ with words like empathy! So Stephen Simpson is the academic director of the Charles Perkins Centre, and the executive director of Obesity Australia. Professor Simpson’s research interests are probably not what you’d expect: “Developing an integrative modelling framework for nutrition using insects that has been applied to a wide range of organisms, from slime moulds to humans, and problems, including the dietary causes of human obesity and ageing. He has also revolutionised understanding of swarming in locusts, with research spanning neurochemical events within the brains of individual locusts to continental-scale mass migration.” How much has he studied empathy within locust populations? Potentially more than he’s studied it within humans! Professor Simpson has accomplished a lot in his career, he went to Oxford University, and he’s one of these charismatic figures. He is definitely bringing a hip, urban edge to the Charles Perkins Centre, and also to the Obesity Collective, really trying to make it look engaging, warm and welcoming. He’s trying to portray the Obesity Collective as a great collection of warm and wonderful people who are going to combat not only obesity but obesity stigma, which is...an interesting challenge. Professor Simpson recently appeared on ABC’s The Drum program, on a show about obesity and fat shaming. Professor Jenny Lee was on (academic and fat activist), as was someone with ‘lived experience’ who was actually one of the Nepean Obesity Service’s weight loss ‘success stories’. Sarah Harry from Body Positive Australia was also featured, but did not appear live and wasn’t given enough screen time as someone in a larger body not riddled with internalised weight stigma. Jenny Lee was also somewhat sidelined by Professor Simpson, who remained resolute in his attitude that body size is a disease. The message of the show was definitely skewed towards eradicating the ‘problem’ of obesity, but let’s be nice about it. No amount of empathic-sounding buzz words can disguise the true intention. Professor Simpson asked Jenny Lee to join the Obesity Collective, but she declined. So the Obesity Collective’s launch at the Charles Perkins Centre in 2018 was funded by Novo Nordisk, a pharmaceutical company traditionally known for its production of insulin, but with a flooded market, has recently turned its hand to producing weight loss drugs. The Collective is trying to recruit different organisations and individuals including: NGOs, Academics, Young Entrepreneurs, The Private Sector, Community Leaders, Government, Healthcare Providers and people with lived experience. We couldn’t see any evidence that people with lived experience are actually a part of the Collective, there’s just this statement on their website that they’re there. Novo Nordisk have described themselves to be ‘active members’ of The Obesity Collective. It’s very prominent on their website that Novo is the Collective’s main funder. So what have the Obesity Collective achieved in their first year? They’ve been really good at raising the panic button. They’ve been in the media - not just the Drum, but radio, and print media. So they’re getting attention. They released a report called “Weighing in: Australia’s Growing Obesity Epidemic”. The report outlines statistics around the prevalence of obesity in Australia and bangs on about how much fatter we’ll be at this rate and how many diseases are caused by fatness. The cheekiest part of the report is where they re-cycle the statistics on the apparent economic cost projections of obesity, which they took directly from Obesity Australia’s 2015 report which was prepared by Pricewaterhouse Coopers and sponsored by Novo Nordisk. (more about them later in the conversation). !! The 2019 report did not disclose any funding from Novo Nordisk, it said it was authored by The Obesity Collective without naming who actually wrote it. But substantial sections have been taken directly from a previous report which had unlimited funding from Novo Nordisk. The Obesity Collective have also released a ‘fact sheet’ in which they say that obesity is ‘not just about personal responsibility’. Obesity Australia & The Obesity Collective just don’t get that the very framing of obesity is stigmatising. They really don’t get stigma. They actually think weight stigma is their tool to try to get people to lose weight (like take weight loss drugs!). And weight loss drugs like Novo Nordisk’s Saxenda, if you can tolerate the side effects, will maybe give you very modest weight loss results - if you can believe their own industry funded research! In 2015 in Australia, Novo Nordisk got TGA approval for their new weight loss drug, Saxenda. Since then, they have been quite aggressive in their tactics in raising awareness of how ‘awful’ obesity is and how urgent it is that we ‘act’. Through avenues such as these organisations, Obesity Australia & The Obesity Collective. The Obesity Collective also provided a submission to the Senate Select Committee on the ‘obesity epidemic’ - as did HAES Australia. In their submission to the committee, they said ‘we are working to transform the way society thinks, speaks and acts on obesity to reduce the impact obesity has on all of us”. What a mind fuck of a statement! In one part, they claim to be working to de stigmatise obesity, in the next breath, they stigmatise it all over again. What they are aiming to do - eradicate larger people - is implicitly stigmatising. They think stigma is a barrier to weight loss. They want people not to feel stigmatised coming in and asking for weight loss drugs. Mandy & Louise have been blown away by how pervasive the industry funding is in this area. We don’t have enough time or woman hours to delve completely, but this rabbit hole is massive. In their submission, The Obesity Collective stipulate the causes of obesity to be genetic, epigenetic, and biological drivers. But on the next breath they say this does not excuse people from committing to try to lose weight. So again, in one breath stating how body weight is not within our control, in the next demanding that we as individuals keep trying to control it. This thread runs throughout: on the one hand, all of the recognition of the science is there, and an almost HAES-y style of writing, and on the other, we’re back to keep trying to lose weight! Same science: different conclusions. They also referred to the Novo-funded report from 2015 in their submission, saying that the overall direct costs of obesity to Australia in 2011-12 Australia were determined to be $3.8 billion, while indirect costs were calculated to be $4.8 billion (PWC 2015). But if you compare even this figure (which Mandy really doesn’t think is totally convincing), considering that our total health expenditure for 2011-12 was $150 billion, then it’s just a drop in the ocean of our health care spending, hardly the health sector crushing scenario we’re often given. The same report also argued that the costs incurred from the stigma of obesity, including discrimination across education, work, and social spheres, is ‘incalculable’. It’s so much more than the actual cost! They are using stigma for their own agenda. These ‘reports’ put out by bodies such as the Obesity Collective or Obesity Australia are always the same format: 1. Obesity is bad, and getting worse, 2. obesity causes all sorts of diseases, 3. obesity is going to cripple our health system, and 4. we MUST urgently act and do something. And - it’s not your fault and it’s hard to fix - so - here’s some thing (ie drugs, put them on the PBS). But who are The Obesity Collective? They are actually a subsidiary of Obesity Australia. Essentially, Obesity Australia are the parent company of the Obesity Collective. Obesity Australia are a registered charity, and they have been in operation since 2011. They describe themselves as “an independent, not-for-profit, legal entity’. The ‘independent’ angle is interesting, because Obesity Australia receives most of its funding from industry ‘partners’, including Weight Watchers, Allergan (a pharma company who make the lap bands), and other pharma companies including inova and Novo Nordisk, who gave around $200 000 to Obesity Australia between 2011 and 2015. In 2011, Allergan kicked in quite a bit of money to get Obesity Australia started - around $150 000. Over 3 years they kicked in around $300 000. Allergan had actually gained a lot of cred for helping to fund these organisations, it helped them to be seen as a company doing ‘good’. But it wasn’t all good: Allergan, and the Centre for Obesity Research (CORE) in Melbourne received negative publicity in the media when their plans to target poor and Aboriginal teenagers for their weight loss experiments were disclosed to the media. Between 2011 and 2015, Obesity Australia received just over $1 million in funding. Of this, 80% was spent on “Board Expenses” and ‘consultancy’. Of that, 30% was “Board expenses”. Tax concessions also apply as this is a charity. It’s a LOT of money for all of that independence. And what exactly are these ‘Board expenses”? Many of the Board members of Obesity Australia have also received other money (for consultancy fees etc) from the pharma companies. Since 2015, Novo Nordisk has provided Obesity Australia with ‘unrestricted grants’ to produce reports about how dire the obesity epidemic is, and the URGENT need for interventions, including - no surprises here - pharmacological medicines. It is an urgent need for Novo, because in 2015 they finally got their weight loss drug Saxenda approved by the TGA. They’re not even bothering to hide it - on the Obesity Australia website you can click through to a presentation by Novo Nordisk to Obesity Australia in which they blatantly reveal that Novo are committed to ‘create legitimacy and urgency for the medical management of obesity’. Really, what Novo are after is to have obesity declared a disease: if this happens, they can push their drugs more heavily and even get weight loss drugs on the PBS, a massive potential windfall for them. The principles of Obesity Australia and the principles of Novo Nordisk are very much aligned with each other. Even the Charles Perkins Centre refer to obesity as a ‘disease’, when actually it’s not. In Australia, the Australian Medical Association do not classify higher body weight as a disease, nor do the World Health Organisation. They do talk about weight being a risk factor, but not a disease within itself. There are many people in larger bodies with no or very few health issues, if we classify this as a disease suddenly a whole pile of people become suddenly sick. How we think about our health status can really impact on our actual health status. And the influence of Novo Nordisk does not end with funding for Obesity Australia, and the unlimited funding for their ‘reports’. In the newly formed Obesity Collective, 8 of their academics on their boards receive direct financial benefits from Novo Nordisk, for consultancy, travel costs, etc, another couple of academics work at an institutions that receive funding from Novo Nordisk and a further 4 people on the Board are employed by PriceWaterhouseCooper (PWC). Which is interesting, because Novo Nordisk is a well established and long existing client of the multinational auditors PriceWaterhouseCooper. One of the academics enjoying funding from Novo Nordisk is Professor Stephen Simpson himself - the head of The Obesity Collective, Obesity Australia, and The Charles Perkins Centre. He has just received a grant for his research Ancestral causes of obesity: Understanding epigenetic transmission by spermatozoa; with co-author Romain Barres, Professor, Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, University of Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor Barres enjoys unlimited research funding from Novo. This information is not being hidden, it is right there on the Charles Perkins Centre website on Professor Simpson’s information page. It’s hard to find academics involved in Obesity Australia who are not being paid by Novo Nordisk in some capacity. And this reaches beyond the Obesity Collective and Obesity Australia, because Novo Nordisk are busily paying our medical doctors and health professionals as well. According to a news article from Crikey, Novo have spent $3.2 million over 3 years on speaker fees and for experts to sit on its medical advisory boards. Novo’s declarations show 1300 separate payments to Australian GP’s, nurses and specialists over 3 years, with recurring payments to a handful of prominent specialists. Basically, Novo are hell bent on creating an air of scientific legitimacy to penetrate a potentially very lucrative market. The Obesity Australia website has a ‘response’ to ‘recent media attention’ which is really talking about the Crikey series of articles. They don’t actually refute anything that was said in the articles, they simply say that Novo is not their only funding source! They also said that Obesity Australia relies mainly on ‘unpaid volunteers’, which Mandy calls bullshit on! Unless these volunteers are working a million hours, this is simply not true! In their financial reports, there are less than a handful of individuals who are actually listed as volunteers. It said that they have strict guidelines about industry funding and that any engagement with ‘third parties’ are passed through their industry guidelines - “Obesity Australia is transparent around funding and projects that are funded by third parties are passed through our engagement with industry guidelines. These consider the nature of the project to be funded in relation to potential conflicts of interest (real or perceived), and the degree of alignment between the commercial interests of the funder and improving the lives of those living with obesity.” We do have to say that we don’t know the ins and outs of Obesity Australia’s funding from 2017 onwards as they have not posted any financial statements yet. From 2015 onwards Obesity Australia’s financial reports became a lot less detailed. In 2015, Obesity Australia changed and was taken into the Charles Perkins Centre: “Obesity Australia, founded in 2011 has now joined with the Charles Perkins Centre, which will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of Obesity Australia. Obesity Australia remains in independent legal entity and will continue to be governed by the OA Board.” So we now have a lot less detailed financial information about the ins and outs of funding for Obesity Australia & The Obesity Collective, but we know that Novo Nordisk are still a major player in The Obesity Collective. Their logo is all over the Obesity Collective website. It is interesting because the Charles Perkins Centre really pride themselves on actually researching the impact of industry funding on how research and how knowledge is produced. None of the Charles Perkins research on the impact of industry funding has been directed towards Novo Nordisk. In September 2018 there was a flurry of media attention to the Charles Perkins research which showed that industry funding had a huge impact on research outcomes. Basically, corporate funding will skew the results towards industry not the people. Disclosure of payments by pharma and industry is important. Professor Simpson himself has had a lot to say about industry funding, coming out against Coke funding research at the Boden Centre for Obesity Research at the University of Sydney. Professor Simpson said that the Charles Perkins Centre had ‘strict guidelines’ regarding engagement with industry. And Louise had a look at these, and they basically say it’s really important for the centre to engage with industry. So there you go! So they are saying as long as we are transparent about our engagement with industry, it’s ok. Professor Simpson is actually also the Director of the engagement with industry committee! To their credit, The Charles Perkins Centre are transparent on their websites about Novo Nordisk funding their launch, about Professor Simpson’s research grant, and the unlimited research grants from Novo to write a series of reports about how awful the ‘obesity epidemic’ is, but there is a lot missing as well. Off the back of these reports came a shit tonne of publicity. Louise counted 11 different news articles in which the contents of these reports were discussed by either Professor Simpson or one of the Obesity Australia board members, and not once is the industry link mentioned in any of these press releases. This means that for the average person, there is no transparency. The average person would need to visit the website and trawl around to see who is funding the Obesity Collective in order to know. This is NOT transparent. There is a narrative being created which is being orchestrated by big pharma. Mandy has been asked to become involved in this world, but as a completely independent dietitian she declined. We will do a whole podcast on Saxenda, because we don’t have time now! Because the way the research is being conducted needs to be discussed. Also, Novo have more weight loss drugs in the pipeline, and Australians are being targeted for their market. With sparkly shopfronts like The Obesity Collective, positioned in prestigious universities, it’s really hard for the average person to figure out what science is really saying, and what marketing and funding is doing to how we think about all of this. Sydney uni and the Charles Perkins Centre even put on an entire event called “fighting truth decay” which was all about how industry funding can get in the way of seeing the truth! And who hosted it - you guessed it - Professor Locust! What a great technique to build trust, to be a university who talk about the corrupting influence of industry funding. But then to still do it??? Another of the Charles Perkins Centre events was about lived experience of ‘obesity’, but lo and behold they did not bother to record that! Speaking of lived experience, the Obesity Collective say they have this section called the “Weight Issues Network” which is apparently for people with lived experience ‘and their carers’ (condescending much??). But Mandy and Louise could find no evidence of this actually existing. Louise even emailed them asking to join, and so far - no response… In fact - CRICKETS!! How ironic that the lived experience of people in larger bodies is being erased by the Obesity Collective - who do not seem to have any larger people involved. There’s not even a picture of a larger person on their website, I mean COME ON. On the Obesity Australia website you can click through and see the members and they are all small. This is awful to see a committee writing about what they should do to solve the ‘problem’ of larger bodies…...with no one larger in sight. Maybe The Obesity Collective need to think about the reality of inviting people to be involved in a collective that wants to literally obliterate people who look like them. Representation is important, and this is not happening because this organisation cannot see past their own noses. Still stuck in 1935. We’ll end on a really scary quote from a Reuters story from 2017 about Novo where the CEO is talking about taking a ‘bet’ on obesity. “I see a huge opportunity in obesity and I don’t see a lot of competitors moving into the space,” he told Reuters during a visit to London.” “Saxenda only accounts for 2 percent of Novo’s overall sales but analysts expect it to sell more than $1 billion by 2023, according to consensus forecasts compiled by Thomson Reuters. “ So - the big agenda is for companies like Novo Nordisk to provide funding to organisations like Obesity Australia and The Obesity Collective, to push to have Obesity declared as a disease, so they can increase the market for their weight loss drugs. If they can get their drugs on the PBS, there is huge profit involved. What has completely done our heads in throughout are the claims made by Obesity Collective - to be inclusive (no), to de-stigmatise (no), to be mindful of health inequalities (no), to be informed by evidence and prepared to innovate (oh my god), and to DISCLOSE POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST! Which they do - but only if you look really, really hard. The Obesity Collective is a lovely smokescreen, and media reports are still not disclosing the funding. Everyone - please post pics of you eating those ‘lethal’ potato chips! Resources Mentioned Find Mandy-Lee Noble on her website, on facebook, or email her at mandy@nourishedapproach.com.au The Obesity Collective website (also the Obesity Australia website) The 1935 factsheet about Curds ‘n Whey “Drinks That Make It Worse (!)” Serious prejudice against fish and chips The infamous potato chips as lethal ‘fact sheet’ Joseph Proietto’s fact sheet about the need for weight loss medication All about Professor Stephen Simpson, head of the Charles Perkins Centre, Executive Director of Obesity Australia, and head of The Obesity Collective. The Drum Episode The “Weighing In: Australia’s Growing Obesity Epidemic” report from The Obesity Collective Negative news stories about Allergan targeting poor and Aboriginal teens for their weight loss experiments More negative publicity about conflicts of interest in Australian obesity ‘experts’. The Novo Nordisk presentation where they blatantly reveal their aim to penetrate the Australian market (look under ‘resources from the 2015 summit’). Professor Simpson’s research grant buddy Romain Barr and his Novo affiliation. Professor Simpson’s Charles Perkins Centre Information page with his research grant from Novo. Just some of the payments made by Novo Nordisk to Australian health professionals. The Crikey articles discussing Novo’s plans to infiltrate Australia - there are a series of 4 articles, read them all: https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/07/01/obesity-politics-money-company-novo-nordisk/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/07/02/betting-obesity-benefits-disease-classification/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/07/03/commercial-bet-obesity-designed-create-the-market/ https://www.crikey.com.au/2019/07/04/betting-on-obesity-winning-hearts-minds-pockets-doctors/ Obesity Australia’s response to the Crikey articles Sydney University research on the impact of industry funding on outcomes: https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/news/2017/02/21/industry-funding-biases-drug-study-findings-.html https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/16/pharmaceutical-companies-spent-34m-on-patient-advocacy-groups-research-finds https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/anything-to-declare-corporate-influence-in-medical Professor Simpson being all fired up about industry funding with Coke The Charles Perkins centre transparency guidelines for working with industry 11 news articles featuring The Obesity Collective or its members in which Novo Nordisk funding was not mentioned: https://www.smh.com.au/national/that-was-the-most-heartbreaking-part-australia-s-obesity-epidemic-out-of-control-20190326-p517l5.html https://www.news.com.au/finance/economy/australian-economy/research-shows-australians-must-lose-weight-to-save-money-and-help-improve-the-economy/news-story/d4618d77c9d04d14d6f5d3eed04c6185 https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/09/22/how-to-talk-to-a-loved-one-about-their-weight_a_21472370/ https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/clinical/‘we-can-really-call-this-an-epidemic’-obesity-rate https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/while-politicians-refuse-to-act-australians-become-more-overweight-20181113-p50fu9.html https://www.afr.com/leadership/fatness-debunked-as-obesity-expert-says-its-not-your-fault-20181113-h17trg https://www.smh.com.au/business/the-economy/personal-responsibility-not-way-to-fix-obesity-crisis-20180801-p4zuwu.html https://www.smh.com.au/opinion/lets-get-creative-in-the-fight-against-obesity-20151201-glcy0v.html https://www.huffingtonpost.com.au/2016/02/25/obesity-cost-in-australia_n_9199240.html https://www1.racgp.org.au/newsgp/professional/obesity-australia-summit-2018-a-new-approach-to-a https://www.abc.net.au/radionational/programs/drive/the-obesity-collective/10056982 The Charles Perkins’ Centre event Fighting Truth Decay Scary story from Reuters about Novo and how it’s taking a ‘bet’ on obesity.

Locusts: battling the great plague

Beyond the Headlines

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 4, 2019 26:21

The first written records of locust swarms are over 3 millennia old. Today, international organisations work to prevent the formation of these swarms that devour their own body weight in food every day. A swarm of desert locusts can build into tens of millions of insects, wreaking havoc on farmland, and are a serious threat to human food security. In 2019 swarms have hit Sardinia, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Pakistan, Jordan and Yemen. In this episode of Beyond the Headlines, host James Haines-Young speaks to Keith Cressman from the FAO Desert Locust Information Service that keeps a watch on all potential locust infestations across the globe and Professor Stephen Simpson AC, the Academic Director of the Charles Perkins Centre, who has over three decades experience in studying locusts. Read more on our website: • Massive locust swarm provides a desert bounty in central Yemen - in pictures (https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/massive-locust-swarm-provides-a-desert-bounty-in-central-yemen-in-pictures-1.878926) • Jordan sends out air force to defeat locust swarm (https://www.thenational.ae/world/mena/jordan-sends-out-air-force-to-defeat-locust-swarm-1.858046) • Like the locusts, the regional response knows no borders (https://www.thenational.ae/opinion/comment/like-the-locusts-the-regional-response-knows-no-borders-1.826921) • Swarms of locusts descend on Al Dhafra in Abu Dhabi (https://www.thenational.ae/uae/environment/swarms-of-locusts-descend-on-al-dhafra-in-abu-dhabi-1.814724)

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Can we prevent diabetes?

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 8, 2019 52:01

Diabetes is arguably one of Australia's greatest health challenges and fastest-growing chronic conditions. But landmark research shows that type 2 diabetes could be preventable at any life stage - whether you are still young, starting a family, or middle-old age. PREVIEW is a landmark study in diabetes prevention and weight loss management. In this talk, leading researchers from the study will draw on the findings and learnings to share new solutions on how to determine risk, avoid developing type 2 diabetes and safely lose a large amount of weight. This event was held on Tuesday 9 April 2019 at the University of Sydney and was co-presented with Charles Perkins Centre. https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2019/diabetes-prevention.html

Trust Me, I'm An Expert: What research says about how to stick to your New Year’s resolutions

Trust Me, I'm An Expert

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 30, 2018 36:12

Ready for all the research-backed tips and tricks for setting a goal and meeting it? www.shutterstock.com, CC BYIt’s that time of year when we all start to make promises to ourselves about how this year it’ll be different. This is the year I’ll get my health in order, exercise more, save money, cut that bad habit, do more of this, less of that, and just be better. But the fact is, change is hard. Most of us need help. So, we found some. Today, experts who have researched this terrain will be sharing with us insights into how to make a change – big or small – using evidence from the world of academic research. Read more: Trust Me, I'm An Expert: the science of sleep and the economics of sleeplessness We’ll hear from Amanda Salis, a professor of obesity research at the University of Sydney’s Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders in the Charles Perkins Centre. She explains exactly is happening inside your body when you get that feeling you’ve eaten too much this silly season, that it’s time to step away from the festive feasts, put down the bubbly beverages and do a bit of exercise: CC BY1.25 MB (download) If you’re interested in participating in one of Amanda Salis’ weight loss trials, please contact her. Also on the podcast episode Lisa Williams, a social psychologist from UNSW, shares with us all the research-backed tips and tricks for setting a goal and meeting it: Read more: Trust Me, I'm An Expert: Competition We’ll also hear from Amy, our case study, on how she stuck to her goals and made some big changes in her life: Trust Me, I’m An Expert is a podcast where we ask academics to surprise, delight and inform us with their research. You can download previous episodes here. And please, do check out other podcasts from The Conversation – including The Conversation US’ Heat and Light, about 1968 in the US, and The Anthill from The Conversation UK, as well as Media Files, a podcast all about the media. You can find all our podcasts over here. The segments in today’s podcast were recorded and edited by Sunanda Creagh, with additional editing by Dilpreet Kaur Taggar. New to podcasts? Podcasts are often best enjoyed using a podcast app. All iPhones come with the Apple Podcasts app already installed, or you may want to listen and subscribe on another app such as Pocket Casts (click here to listen to Trust Me, I’m An Expert on Pocket Casts). You can also hear us on Stitcher, Spotify or any of the apps below. Just pick a service from one of those listed below and click on the icon to find Trust Me, I’m An Expert. Additional audio and credits Kindergarten by Unkle Ho, from Elefant Traks Refraction by Podington Bear, Free Music Archive Gruyere by Podington Bear, Free Music Archive

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Charles Perkins Centre Annual Lecture 2018: Is there a cure for ageing?

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2018 73:31

What if getting old didn’t mean getting ill? Although we're living longer in most parts of the world, advancing age has been revealed as the major risk factor for serious diseases, including cancer, cardiovascular disease and dementia. Professor Dame Linda Partridge FRS is Director of the Institute of Healthy Ageing at University College London, and a founding director of the Max Planck Institute for Biology of Ageing in Cologne, Germany looks into the potential for intervening in the ageing process. Held as part of Sydney Ideas on 13 Feb 2018: https://sydney.edu.au/news-opinion/sydney-ideas/2018/is-there-a-cure-for-ageing-.html

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The University of Sydney - School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day 2017 - Episode 1 - How Sweet It ... Was

The Dental Practitioner

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 8, 2018 16:57

In this special edition of The Dental Practitioner podcast series, ADA NSW takes you to the University of Sydney's annual School of Dentistry Faculty Research Day, held on the 21st of September 2017 at the Westmead Education and Conference Centre. In this first episode, Dr Tony Skapetis & Dr Alex Holden chat with Dr Keiron Rooney, Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of Health Sciences and member of the Charles Perkins Centre, Sydney University. They discuss Keiron's lecture titled; ”How Sweet it...Was. Why have we turned sour on sugar and what should we do about it".

How does Qantas reduce the effects of jet lag?

Sleep Talk - Snapshots

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 18, 2017 10:46

An integral part of Qantas ultra-long-haul direct service from Australia (Perth) to London is having their passengers arrive healthy and minimising the effects of long-haul flights and jet lag. Building on their existing expertise Qantas has designed the passenger experience for these flights from the ground up including working with Boeing on the design of their 787-9 Dreamliners. Qnatas has also established a research collaboration with the Charles Perkins Centre at The University of Sydney to continue to refine their product. In this episode Phil Capps, Head of Customer Product & Service Development talks with David Cunnington (Sleep Physician) about what Qantas is doing to reduce the effects of ultra-long-haul flying on health and jet lag.

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Which Comes First: overeating or obesity?

The Whole Health Life Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 13, 2017 78:30

Conventional treatment for obesity assumes that all calories are alike, and that to lose weight one must simply “eat less and move more.” However, this prescription rarely succeeds over the long term. According to an alternative approach, the metabolic state of the fat cells plays a key role in determining body weight. From this perspective, conventional calorie-restricted, low fat diets amount to symptomatic treatment, destined to fail for most people. Instead, a dietary strategy aiming to lower insulin secretion promises to increase the effectiveness of long-term weight management and chronic disease prevention. Hear from endocrinologist and researcher, Professor David S Ludwig, who was described as an “obesity warrior” by Time Magazine. Dr Ludwig is author of the recent #1 New York Times bestseller 'Always Hungry? Conquer Cravings, Retrain Your Fat Cells, and Lose Weight Permanently'. This lecture was held as part of the Sydney Ideas program, co-presented with the Charles Perkins Centre on 14 November 2017: http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2017/professor_david_ludwig.shtml

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EP05 Andrew Holmes PhD and the Microbiome

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 17, 2017 41:06

If you're a regular listener to The Whole Health Life you'll know that I dive with gusto into the scientific evidence showing links between our health and our emotions, stress levels, relationships, beliefs, diet, sleep, exercise and daily habits. But of all the topics in health science that I closely follow, there is one that stands out as having the greatest potential to revolutionise the way we approach wellness and the treatment of chronic disease – the microbiome. It's thought that up to 100 trillion microbes call your gut home.⁠ Disruptions to the balance of your gut “wildlife” are associated with a range of chronic diseases. I also find it enthralling that our gut bacteria have even been shown to influence our behaviour. Recently, I spoke with Associate Professor Andrew Holmes from The Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney, a scientist at the forefront of studying the link between our health and our microbes. One of the stand out messages that came from my conversation with him was that we are in a two-way relationship with the bacteria in our gut. We can influence them, and they can influence us. In fact, he explained that we have co-evolved with them and that we can no longer think of ourselves as an individual, but rather, as part of a dynamic ecosystem. In essence, we can no linger think of ourselves as an I, but rather as a “we.” We also chat about why the microbiome is so powerful, why our diet affects our gut bugs, the often controversial topics of antibiotics and probiotics and the future applications of this amazing research. I hope you enjoy my conversation with Andrew Holmes.

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Food@Sydney Smallholder Agriculture and the Future of Global Food and Nutrition Security

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 13, 2016 35:08

At a global level, the people who produce most of the world’s food – smallholder farmers – are also the people who suffer the most food and nutrition insecurity. Why is this so? And what needs to happen to make smallholder agriculture more nutrition-sensitive? In this seminar, three University of Sydney experts from different areas – public health, veterinary science and human geography – review the problem of food and nutrition insecurity among smallholder communities of the developing world. PANEL Dr Alana Mann (panel chair), a senior lecturer in the Department of Media and Communications; Associate Professor Robyn Alders, Faculty of Veterinary Science and the Charles Perkins Centre and a Director of the KYEEMA Foundation; Fyfe Strachan, Food Justice Program Coordinator at Oxfam Australia. A Sydney Ideas and Sydney Environment Institute Food@Sydney event http://sydney.edu.au/sydney_ideas/lectures/2014/food@sydney_series_2014.shtml

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Food for thought: the science of eating a healthy diet - Associate Professor Amanda Salis

Open for Discussion

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 16, 2016 22:19

Almost every week it seems there’s a story in the news telling us about food and nutrition, and what we should eat to be healthy and avoid being overweight. But very often this week’s message contradicts what we heard only last week. In this podcast, weight loss scientist Associate Professor Amanda Salis speaks to our host Dr Chris Neff about the challenge of eating well in a world of confusing advice. Amanda is a senior research leader at the University of Sydney’s Boden Institute of Obesity, Nutrition, Exercise and Eating Disorders based at the Charles Perkins Centre. Amanda studied in Australia before she went to the University of Geneva, in Switzerland, where she studied for her PhD. When she returned to Australia in 1998 she worked at The Garvan Institute for Medical Research and then took up her role at the University of Sydney. Today, she leads a research team that is unraveling the science of how our brains affect hunger, emotions and body weight. She leads clinical weight loss trials aimed at helping people to attain and maintain an optimum body weight. She has a long and distinguished record of academic publishing and is also the author of two books about weight management for the general public.

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The Three Biggest Challenges Facing the Food System, and How we Fix Them

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2016 90:04

Professor Corinna Hawkes, Director of the Centre for Food Policy, City University London The keynote lecture in the Food Governance Conference hosted by Sydney Law School and the Charles Perkins Centre at the University of Sydney ABSTRACT Everybody eats. Food is a lived experience. It inspires us, fills us with dread, brings us joy, and stress. It sustains us, and kills us. At the same time, food is distant, hails from the food system, out there, somewhere, causing “abstract” problems. Drought. Climate change. Obesity. Undernutrition. Foodborne disease. Exploited workers. To open the first Food Governance conference at the University of Sydney, Professor Hawkes will contend that making connections between these ‘big’ food systems outcomes and the ‘small’ intimate ways that we all experience food is key to the solutions. She will present a new vision of a people-centred approach in which problems are addressed by starting with the reality of people’s everyday lives and then working back into the food system. Professor Hawkes suggests that the three fundamental challenges for the food system are Language, Leadership and Alignment and show that changes to the way we talk, lead and govern will be needed to fix the global food system.

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The 2015 Charles Perkins Centre Annual Oration: The Deep Evolutionary Roots of Cancer