How do you propose solving the problem of obesity?
The population is getting more and more obese so what we are doing now is not working says, HealthMaker Philip Hagen, MD. In this video he talks about the need to get people engaged in their own health everyday.
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The medical model, seeing a patient in a room, even-- even in a good setting, is not the one that's going to work
for obesity for weight loss. [MUSIC PLAYING]
We think we've got this great scientific system. And we've watched our population get more and more and more and more obese. And we've spent thousands of dollars on diet programs
and going into the doctor. And we're still getting more and more obese. Clearly, it should have whacked us in the head about, you know,
30 years ago. But what we're doing is not working.
The medical model, seeing a patient in a room, even-- even in a good setting is not
the one that's going to work for obesity for weight loss. We have to figure out a new approach that's
going to get people to engage in their own health every day. And that's the only solution to obesity or lack of exercise
or, frankly, dealing with a frantic society, time-driven, time-pressured society
is to get people to say, OK, I am in charge of these things. You know, most of the decisions that people
make about their health, most of the important decisions that people make about their health aren't made in the doctor's office. So you know, the grand puba is not there
giving instruction to the person when they're deciding what to choose for dinner.
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