Focus: Obesity Channel Featured Experts

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

BIIDMC primary care physician Stephen Juraschek, MD, PhD, shares how the DASH diet (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) can benefit folks who are following the “new year, new me” mantra.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

Danelle Olson, RD, LDN, CNSC, a registered dietitian in the Weight Loss Surgery Center at BIDMC, explains the problems with fad diets.

• share
• favorite_border

Smoking is a hard habit to kick but when you do, the health benefits are almost immediate. As you re-invent yourself as a non-smoker, here are three straightforward ways to combat weight gain and keep you distracted while coming off that smoking habit.

• share
• favorite_border

Now is the time many people make New Year’s resolutions.Studies have shown that about 41 percent of people make New Year’s resolutions, but only about 8 percent are successful in achieving their goals. For this New Year, revise your goal-setting process for optimal results.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

“The increase in diabetes in our society is almost certainly driven by the increase in obesity,” says Alain Bertoni, M.D., of Wake Forest School of Medicine. “But not everybody who has diabetes is obese and not everybody who is obese has diabetes. There are definitely other factors at work.”

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

For many, just the idea of losing weight can be discouraging. With the endless advice and trends that exist today, configuring a nutritious diet to lose weight and maintain it can be challenging.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

Laura Acosta, a registered dietitian at the University of Florida Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, said three types of salads often come with lots of calories and are laden with fat and sodium.

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

• share
• favorite_border

Shauna Downs, an international food systems researcher, explains what the FDA’s impending trans fat ban means for America’s health

• share
• favorite_border

Experts are available for online, print and broadcast interviews.