Guest: Edward R. Laskowski, M.D. (@DrEdSportsMed)

Host: Darryl S. Chutka, M.D. (@ChutkaMD)

A MUST listen episode: 70% of Americans are overweight or obese and inactive and it’s not getting better. Dr. Ed Laskowski gives an eye-opening overview on our current state of health at a global level and what we can do about it for ourselves and for our patients. As little as 10 minutes of physical activity a week lowers all-cause mortality! To hear more from Mayo Clinic Sports Medicine, follow them on Twitter @MayoClinicSport.

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Deeper Dive:

• Overweight, Obesity, and Mortality in a Large Prospective Cohort of Persons 50 to 71 Years Old; N Engl J Med 2006; 355:763-778 DOI: 10.1056/NEJMoa055643 https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa055643?query=recirc_curatedRelated_article