Cuộc khủng hoảng béo phì có che giấu một vấn đề lớn hơn không? – Peter K

Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem? - Peter Attia
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Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem? - Peter Attia

 


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i'll never forget that day back in the i'll never forget that day back in the spring<00:00:19.199> of<00:00:19.359> 2006 spring of 2006 spring of 2006 i<00:00:21.119> was<00:00:21.359> a<00:00:21.520> surgical<00:00:22.000> resident<00:00:22.720> at<00:00:22.880> the<00:00:23.119> johns i was a surgical resident at the johns i was a surgical resident at the johns hopkins<00:00:23.840> hospital hopkins hospital hopkins hospital taking<00:00:25.439> emergency<00:00:26.080> call taking emergency call taking emergency call i<00:00:27.119> got<00:00:27.359> paged<00:00:27.680> by<00:00:27.840> the<00:00:28.000> er<00:00:28.480> around<00:00:28.720> two<00:00:28.960> in<00:00:29.039> the i got paged by the er around two in the i got paged by the er around two in the morning<00:00:30.000> to<00:00:30.160> come<00:00:30.400> and<00:00:30.480> see<00:00:30.640> a<00:00:30.720> woman<00:00:31.039> with<00:00:31.199> a morning to come and see a woman with a morning to come and see a woman with a 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and she needed to be in was very sick and she needed to be in the<00:00:44.640> hospital<00:00:44.960> that<00:00:45.200> wasn't<00:00:45.840> being<00:00:46.079> asked<00:00:46.480> the the hospital that wasn't being asked the the hospital that wasn't being asked the question<00:00:47.120> that<00:00:47.200> was<00:00:47.360> being<00:00:47.520> asked<00:00:47.760> of<00:00:47.840> me<00:00:48.079> was question that was being asked of me was question that was being asked of me was a<00:00:48.320> different<00:00:48.559> one<00:00:48.800> which<00:00:48.960> was a different one which was a different one which was did<00:00:50.160> she<00:00:50.320> also<00:00:50.559> need<00:00:50.719> an<00:00:50.879> amputation did she also need an amputation did she also need an amputation now now now looking<00:00:54.480> back<00:00:54.719> on<00:00:54.800> that<00:00:55.039> night looking back on that night looking back on that night i'd<00:00:56.160> love<00:00:56.480> so<00:00:57.039> 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with lower back pain that<00:01:12.000> turned<00:01:12.320> out<00:01:12.479> to<00:01:12.640> be<00:01:13.040> advanced that turned out to be advanced that turned out to be advanced pancreatic<00:01:14.000> cancer pancreatic cancer pancreatic cancer in<00:01:16.560> her<00:01:16.720> case<00:01:16.960> i<00:01:17.040> knew<00:01:17.200> there<00:01:17.280> was<00:01:17.439> nothing<00:01:17.680> i in her case i knew there was nothing i in her case i knew there was nothing i could<00:01:17.920> do<00:01:18.080> that<00:01:18.240> was<00:01:18.400> actually<00:01:18.640> going<00:01:18.720> to<00:01:18.960> save could do that was actually going to save could do that was actually going to save her<00:01:19.520> life<00:01:19.840> the<00:01:19.920> cancer<00:01:20.320> was<00:01:20.479> too<00:01:20.720> advanced her life the cancer was too advanced her life the cancer was too advanced but<00:01:22.320> i<00:01:22.479> was<00:01:22.720> committed<00:01:23.040> to<00:01:23.119> 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time in my life i was ironically at that time in my life i was also<00:02:43.120> doing<00:02:43.440> cancer<00:02:43.840> research<00:02:44.640> immune<00:02:44.959> based also doing cancer research immune based also doing cancer research immune based therapies<00:02:45.680> for<00:02:45.840> melanoma<00:02:46.400> to<00:02:46.560> be<00:02:46.720> specific therapies for melanoma to be specific therapies for melanoma to be specific and<00:02:47.599> in<00:02:47.840> that<00:02:48.080> world<00:02:48.319> i<00:02:48.480> was<00:02:48.640> actually<00:02:48.879> taught and in that world i was actually taught and in that world i was actually taught to<00:02:49.440> question to question to question everything<00:02:51.280> to<00:02:51.519> challenge<00:02:52.239> all<00:02:52.480> assumptions everything to challenge all assumptions everything to challenge all assumptions and<00:02:53.200> hold<00:02:53.440> them<00:02:53.599> to<00:02:53.680> the<00:02:53.840> highest<00:02:54.400> 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