Dr. Anand Parekh

It'll be making money by keeping people out of the hospital. And that's a very different paradigm shift, but we're not quite there yet.

It'll be making money by keeping people out of the hospital. And that's a very different paradigm shift, but we're not quite there yet.

It'll be making money by keeping people out of the hospital. And that's a very different paradigm shift, but we're not quite there yet.

i think it's pretty important because if you don't actually provide an environment that allows people to make easy healthy choices it's hard to do the right thing and i think one of the biggest challenges in this conversation is the sort of dichotomy between the idea of personal responsibility and sort of the nanny state you know the environment we live in how do we change the toxic environment and i think most of the messaging from

i think it's pretty important because if you don't actually provide an environment that allows people to make easy healthy choices it's hard to do the right thing and i think one of the biggest challenges in this conversation is the sort of dichotomy between the idea of personal responsibility and sort of the nanny state you know the environment we live in how do we change the toxic environment and i think most of the messaging from

i think it's pretty important because if you don't actually provide an environment that allows people to make easy healthy choices it's hard to do the right thing and i think one of the biggest challenges in this conversation is the sort of dichotomy between the idea of personal responsibility and sort of the nanny state you know the environment we live in how do we change the toxic environment and i think most of the messaging from

most of professional associations, much of our government policy, and certainly the food industry, is that It's your fault you're overweight. It's your fault you're sick. It's a personal choice, just like smoking is a personal choice. And they talk about moderation. There's no good and bad calories. A thousand calories of broccoli is the same as a thousand calories of soda.

most of professional associations, much of our government policy, and certainly the food industry, is that It's your fault you're overweight. It's your fault you're sick. It's a personal choice, just like smoking is a personal choice. And they talk about moderation. There's no good and bad calories. A thousand calories of broccoli is the same as a thousand calories of soda.

most of professional associations, much of our government policy, and certainly the food industry, is that It's your fault you're overweight. It's your fault you're sick. It's a personal choice, just like smoking is a personal choice. And they talk about moderation. There's no good and bad calories. A thousand calories of broccoli is the same as a thousand calories of soda.

There's focus on exercise as the solution. There's focus about moderation. It's really interesting, and it's a culture that's really focused on personal responsibility, but it ignores the fact that actually can't be personally responsible in a toxic environment. If you can't go in your neighborhood and buy a vegetable and you have to take two hours of buses to buy a carrot, that's a problem.

There's focus on exercise as the solution. There's focus about moderation. It's really interesting, and it's a culture that's really focused on personal responsibility, but it ignores the fact that actually can't be personally responsible in a toxic environment. If you can't go in your neighborhood and buy a vegetable and you have to take two hours of buses to buy a carrot, that's a problem.

There's focus on exercise as the solution. There's focus about moderation. It's really interesting, and it's a culture that's really focused on personal responsibility, but it ignores the fact that actually can't be personally responsible in a toxic environment. If you can't go in your neighborhood and buy a vegetable and you have to take two hours of buses to buy a carrot, that's a problem.

And if we don't address the environment we live in, we're not going to be able to get people to make healthy choices. I remember reading a study where they looked at people who were overweight and diabetic who lived in very low socioeconomic neighborhoods. They moved to a slightly better neighborhood

And if we don't address the environment we live in, we're not going to be able to get people to make healthy choices. I remember reading a study where they looked at people who were overweight and diabetic who lived in very low socioeconomic neighborhoods. They moved to a slightly better neighborhood

And if we don't address the environment we live in, we're not going to be able to get people to make healthy choices. I remember reading a study where they looked at people who were overweight and diabetic who lived in very low socioeconomic neighborhoods. They moved to a slightly better neighborhood

and their blood sugar went down and their weight went down without any other intervention, just giving them a better zip code. So basically the zip code we have is a bigger determinant than our genetic code when it comes to our health. And we don't really seem to acknowledge that in our policies. We say it's all about choice.

and their blood sugar went down and their weight went down without any other intervention, just giving them a better zip code. So basically the zip code we have is a bigger determinant than our genetic code when it comes to our health. And we don't really seem to acknowledge that in our policies. We say it's all about choice.

and their blood sugar went down and their weight went down without any other intervention, just giving them a better zip code. So basically the zip code we have is a bigger determinant than our genetic code when it comes to our health. And we don't really seem to acknowledge that in our policies. We say it's all about choice.

Because the truth is, you know, food industry and pharma are not investing in research around this.

Because the truth is, you know, food industry and pharma are not investing in research around this.