podcast
11 Aug 2021
Fat! This curious, wonderful and often misunderstood organ is the subject of today’s podcast with Professor Liesbeth van Rossum, MD PhD and Dr Mariëtte Boon MD PhD authors of the incredible book “Fat. The Secret Organ”. And yes it is an organ.
Professor Liesbeth van Rossum, MD, PhD is internist-endocrinologist at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam. She is co-founder of the Obesity Center CGG, and has an internationally leading position in the field of obesity and biological stress research.
Dr Mariëtte Boon, MD, PhD is an internal medicine specialist in training. Her research, per- formed at the Leiden University Medical Center, focuses on fat metabolism.
Today’s pod is a whirlwind of a conversation running through a fantastic variety of topics all to do with fat. You’ll learn about:
Their book “Fat. The Secret Organ” is a must read for anyone as interested in this subject. We didn’t get time to properly dive deep into some other topics in the book, such as the evidence based lifestyle recommendations and how you can use simple hacks to increase metabolism as well as nutrition, so do grab a copy. I highly recommend it!
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What a pleasure to chat with Liesbeth and Mariette on the show today - I really enjoyed our conversation and hope you found it really informative and interesting too! There's so much to learn and understand all about Fat!
Definitely do go and check out their book “Fat. The Secret Organ” - it's well worth a read!
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Photo credit: Kors de Bruin
Mariette Boon (Author)
Dr Mariëtte Boon , MD, PhD is an internal medicine specialist in training. Her research, per- formed at the Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, focuses on fat metabolism. She has been awarded numerous prestigious national and international prizes for her research. Her favourite sport is tennis and her favourite food is chocolate.
Liesbeth van Rossum (Author)
Professor Liesbeth van Rossum, MD PhD is internist-endocrinologist at the Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam. She is co-founder of Obesity Center CGG, and has an internationally leading position in the field of obesity and stress research (e.g. European Clinical Lead of Obesity, Diabetes, Nutrition and Metabolism of the European Society of Endocrinology). Van Rossum is a frequently invited speaker, including a TEDx talk, and received over 20 (inter)national awards for her scientific research. She continues to combine her clinical and scientific roles for better individualized obesity treatments, and she is also committed to internationally implement better prevention and treatment strategies. ((She's also an athletics fanatic ))
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