Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian

We'll see this also as a way to support themselves as they try to make sort of the healthy choice. But the American public is clamoring for assistance. Behavioral change is difficult given the environment, which you have so beautifully described. And I think the best way to counter that environment is through policy change and empowered Americans speaking out.

Well, I think it's all the above also having pathways. Again, as you said, there's no real pathway. Medicare, Medicaid don't really know what to do with a lot of these interventions that are not sort of the traditional sort of medical model. As you know, in 1965, when Medicare was first created, it was essentially paid for the treatment of disease using routine medical services.

Well, I think it's all the above also having pathways. Again, as you said, there's no real pathway. Medicare, Medicaid don't really know what to do with a lot of these interventions that are not sort of the traditional sort of medical model. As you know, in 1965, when Medicare was first created, it was essentially paid for the treatment of disease using routine medical services.

Well, I think it's all the above also having pathways. Again, as you said, there's no real pathway. Medicare, Medicaid don't really know what to do with a lot of these interventions that are not sort of the traditional sort of medical model. As you know, in 1965, when Medicare was first created, it was essentially paid for the treatment of disease using routine medical services.

So it hasn't really caught up with today's day and age and what we know about the importance of lifestyle medicine either. with prevention or treatment. So I think some of this is research. Some of this are new pathways in the government, regulatory pathways. Some of this is educating the public.

So it hasn't really caught up with today's day and age and what we know about the importance of lifestyle medicine either. with prevention or treatment. So I think some of this is research. Some of this are new pathways in the government, regulatory pathways. Some of this is educating the public.

So it hasn't really caught up with today's day and age and what we know about the importance of lifestyle medicine either. with prevention or treatment. So I think some of this is research. Some of this are new pathways in the government, regulatory pathways. Some of this is educating the public.

It's really going to take, I think, all of the above to sort of change the status quo, because there are a lot of opportunities out there that are not being realized.

It's really going to take, I think, all of the above to sort of change the status quo, because there are a lot of opportunities out there that are not being realized.

It's really going to take, I think, all of the above to sort of change the status quo, because there are a lot of opportunities out there that are not being realized.

Yeah, I just want to highlight and repeat what you said. You know, one in five dollars in the entire U.S. economy is spent on health care. One in four dollars in the entire federal budget is spent on Medicare and Medicaid.

Yeah, I just want to highlight and repeat what you said. You know, one in five dollars in the entire U.S. economy is spent on health care. One in four dollars in the entire federal budget is spent on Medicare and Medicaid.

Yeah, I just want to highlight and repeat what you said. You know, one in five dollars in the entire U.S. economy is spent on health care. One in four dollars in the entire federal budget is spent on Medicare and Medicaid.

This is swallowing the economics of our country. It's swallowing our government budgets. It's swallowing competitiveness of business. It's pretty shocking if you think about, you know, food, how big of a part of our lives it is, how big of a part of the economy it is.

This is swallowing the economics of our country. It's swallowing our government budgets. It's swallowing competitiveness of business. It's pretty shocking if you think about, you know, food, how big of a part of our lives it is, how big of a part of the economy it is.

This is swallowing the economics of our country. It's swallowing our government budgets. It's swallowing competitiveness of business. It's pretty shocking if you think about, you know, food, how big of a part of our lives it is, how big of a part of the economy it is.

I can't think of any other part of our economy, any other products that we interact with every day where safety is left up to the consumer. Imagine if you went to toy stores. I love this analogy. Just imagine you went to toy stores and everybody knew there was lots of toys that were unsafe for the kids. There were lots of toys that were okay, a little bit unsafe, but not fully safe.

I can't think of any other part of our economy, any other products that we interact with every day where safety is left up to the consumer. Imagine if you went to toy stores. I love this analogy. Just imagine you went to toy stores and everybody knew there was lots of toys that were unsafe for the kids. There were lots of toys that were okay, a little bit unsafe, but not fully safe.

I can't think of any other part of our economy, any other products that we interact with every day where safety is left up to the consumer. Imagine if you went to toy stores. I love this analogy. Just imagine you went to toy stores and everybody knew there was lots of toys that were unsafe for the kids. There were lots of toys that were okay, a little bit unsafe, but not fully safe.

And there were some toys that were really safe. Or you walked into a building and, or you went to buy a house and some houses met earthquake standards and fire standards and electrical standards and plumbing standards. Others didn't at all, not even close. And some houses were kind of in between some things were met or other things were not met or teachers in school.