Obesity metabolic syndrome - woolly mammoths and diabetes
Feb 21, 2025•37 min
Episode description
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:
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.