Dr. Frank M. Sacks is Professor of Cardiovascular Disease Prevention, Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public
Health. He is an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital where he has a specialty clinic in hyperlipidemia. He is involved
in research and public policy in nutrition, cholesterol disorders, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.
Dr. Sacks discusses the international epidemic of obesity throughout the United States, Asia, Europe, Samoa and other
nations and how obesity is affected by education, politics, and poverty. Dr. Sacks also explores the relationship between soda
consumption and weight gain among children; shifts in food practices and serving sizes in the U.S.; and compares popular diets such as
the Ornish, Atkins, South Beach, with a traditional Mediterranean diet.
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