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Patients find obese doctors less credible

Apr. 18, 2013 – The StarPhoenix: "It's no easier for a doctor to control their weight than anyone else," Dr Sharma added. "But studies show that if you talk about genetics and the complex psychobiology (of weight control), people's weight biases go down." Read more: 

Battling fat with fat: Ottawa scientists turn muscle cells into calorie-burning brown fat

Feb. 7, 2013 Canada.com – Dr. Arya Sharma, scientific director of the Canadian Obesity Network, says the finding “improves our understanding about the biology of brown fat, and brown fat is a tissue that is of great interest when it comes to obesity.” Read Article

Green coffee bean extract: Does it really help you lose weight?

Dec. 11, 2012 Globe & Mail – “Clearly there’s nothing magical about it,” said Dr. Arya Sharma, a professor of medicine and chair of obesity research and management at the University of Alberta. Read the article

Calories poorly grasped for maintaining weight

Oct. 28, 2012 CBC – "Ultimately calories are the currency of weight management," Sharma said. "If you don't know how many calories you're eating, you don't know what your body's doing with the calories, you don't know where the calories are going. That's like trying to manage your bank account without knowing how much money you make or how much money things cost." Read the article

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