Obesity metabolic syndrome - woolly mammoths and diabetes

Following his presentation at our 2024 Winter Symposium, Professor Ketan Dhatariya discusses Obesity Metabolic Syndrome and diabetes in an engaging and wide-ranging conversation.

In this podcast Ketan reflects on the possible false economy of limiting access to GLP-1 agonists, the need for a non-judgmental view of patients presenting with obesity, how an evolutionary viewpoint can usefully inform modern medicine, and just how tasty the woolly mammoths of Red Lion Square were.

Related information:

• Perioperative Care of People with Diabetes Undergoing Surgery (The Centre for Perioperative Care)
• Definition and diagnostic criteria of clinical obesity, The Lancet
• Anaesthesia for the obese patient, BJA Education
• For more on this topic, listen to Ketan's academic collaborator Kariem El-Boghdadly discussing GLP-1 agonists in our recent podcast interview with him.