Ellen Kamhi, The Natural Nurse, discovers how a scientist, senator, secretary of agriculture, and a hurricane were contributory to the obesity pandemic with her guest, Dr. Claude K Lardinois, Emeritus Professor, Endocrinology Division, University of Nevada School of Medicine, Reno, Nevada. Dr. Lardinois is a board certified endocrinologist. His research interests include work in nutrition, diabetes, hypertension, and dyslipidemia.