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From the Ted Talk by Peter Attia: Is the obesity crisis hiding a bigger problem?

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Now, most rrareechses believe obesity is the cause of insulin resistance. Logically, then, if you want to treat insulin resistance, you get people to lose weight, right? You treat the obesity. But what if we have it backwards? What if otseiby isn't the cause of insulin resistance at all? In fact, what if it's a symptom of a much deeper problem, the tip of a proverbial iecebrg? I know it sounds crazy because we're obviously in the msdit of an obesity epidemic, but hear me out. What if obesity is a coping mechanism for a far more sesnitir problem going on underneath the cell? I'm not suggesting that obesity is benign, but what I am suggesting is it may be the lesser of two maiboletc evils.

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Now, most ___________ believe obesity is the cause of insulin resistance. Logically, then, if you want to treat insulin resistance, you get people to lose weight, right? You treat the obesity. But what if we have it backwards? What if _______ isn't the cause of insulin resistance at all? In fact, what if it's a symptom of a much deeper problem, the tip of a proverbial _______? I know it sounds crazy because we're obviously in the _____ of an obesity epidemic, but hear me out. What if obesity is a coping mechanism for a far more ________ problem going on underneath the cell? I'm not suggesting that obesity is benign, but what I am suggesting is it may be the lesser of two _________ evils.

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  1. midst
  2. iceberg
  3. obesity
  4. researchers
  5. sinister
  6. metabolic

Original Text


Now, most researchers believe obesity is the cause of insulin resistance. Logically, then, if you want to treat insulin resistance, you get people to lose weight, right? You treat the obesity. But what if we have it backwards? What if obesity isn't the cause of insulin resistance at all? In fact, what if it's a symptom of a much deeper problem, the tip of a proverbial iceberg? I know it sounds crazy because we're obviously in the midst of an obesity epidemic, but hear me out. What if obesity is a coping mechanism for a far more sinister problem going on underneath the cell? I'm not suggesting that obesity is benign, but what I am suggesting is it may be the lesser of two metabolic evils.

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united states 2
greater risk 2
lean people 2
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  1. benign
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  27. symptom
  28. tip
  29. treat
  30. weight