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About 70 percent of people who are diagnosed with CRC before the age of fifty have no family history or hereditary conditions linked to the disease. In 2020, some 3,640 Americans died from colorectal cancer before they turned fifty—and given the slow-moving nature of the disease, it’s likely that many of those who died later than that already had t

The Centers for Disease Control reports that we are spending 75 cents of every health-care dollar on chronic conditions linked to sedentary behavior, like obesity, diabetes, and heart disease.11 According to the National Institutes of Heath, back pain affects 8 of 10 people in their lifetime, and it is the leading cause of disability worldwide.12 I

Why We Get Fat - Gary Taubes

In most cases, modern environments do not prevent us from adopting behaviors with better health outcomes. We choose to drive instead of walk. To push our kids in a stroller and not carry them in our arms. To push our food in a cart and not carry it on our back. We slouch into our furniture, and let our shoes support our feet. Yes, our modern cultur

This is why I insist my patients undergo a DEXA scan annually—and I am far more interested in their visceral fat than their total body fat.