On today's show it's Dr. Kent Sasse, M.D., MPH, FACS, FACRS, who is the lead surgeon at Sasse Surgical Associates in Reno, NV and the director of the Obesity Prevention Foundation, an not-for-profit organization he founded in 2006 dedicated to the prevention of obesity and excessive weight gain in children and adolescents.

Mark and Rick talk to him about where he was born, general surgery, a terrible general joke, bariatric surgery, his birthday -- September 5, Type 1 vs Type 2, healthy levels of blood glucose, A1C, the three deadly myths of diabetes, diabetes in kids, bariatric surgery in teens, qualifying for bariatric surgery, body mass index, and running marathons.

Before they call him, Mark and Rick discuss how Rick wants to die, Easter and turkey hunting. 

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