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Name: Gary Taubes on Jan 4, 2012Affiliation: U.C. Berkeley School of Public HealthComments:Flag
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Name: Robert A. Schulman, MD on Jan 4, 2012Affiliation: noneComments:Flag
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Name: Deborah Gordon, M.D. on Jan 4, 2012Affiliation: www.yourhealthworks.comComments: a comprehensive response to Ms. Parker-Pope with excellent details... and an even better last paragraph that sums it all up in the simplest of terms.Flag
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Name: Jonathan Fialkow MD, FACC, FAHA on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Cardiovascular Center of South FloridaComments: cogent rebuttal of conventional thoughts regarding obesity. My experience as preventive cardiologist and lipidologist confirm insulin-producing foods as the major contributor to weight gain (especially abdominal adiposity), dyslipidemia, insulin resistance and associated metabolic derangements leading to diabetes. 17 million diabetics at present and tens of millions more on their way if we don't change the way we approach this problem and fast.Flag
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Name: Michael Rotberg on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: MDComments: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/magazine/tara-parker-pope-fat-trap.html?pagewanted=allFlag
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Name: Heidi L. Rotberg on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: PhDComments: http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/magazine/tara-parker-pope-fat-trap.html?pagewanted=allFlag
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Name: David Gillespie on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Author of Sweet Poison - How sugar makes us fat.Comments:Flag
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Name: Mark Sisson on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Author of The Primal Blueprint, publisher of MarksDailyAppleComments:Flag
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Name: Sheldon Wolf, M.D. on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: UCLA Medical CenterComments:Flag
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Name: Derek Muse MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Advanced Medical Weight LossComments:Flag
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Name: Prab R Tumpati, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: INTERNIST AND BARIATRICIANComments: Insulin Resistance is the key to understanding this epidemic of Obesity as rightly pointed out in this letter.Flag
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Name: Raymond G Mock, Jr M.D. on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Member ASBPComments: It is a shame that newspeople do not seek out experienced, learned Bariatricans to comment before the newspeople spout jibberish. Misconceptations permeate this health crisis, including MDs who have not kept up with the changing science regarding obesity and it's treatment and prevention. Raymond Gerard Mock, Jr MD Member ASBP.Flag
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Name: Joshua Akers on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments:Flag
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Name: Daniel Hackam BSc MD PhD FRCPC on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, Ontario, Canada N6G 2V2Comments: I fully support carbohydrate restriction as the principal modality for achieving weight loss and improving cardiovascular health. Obesity is not an incurable condition but knowledge of its key determinants - in particular carbohydrate excess in modern life - is critical to its amelioration and highly effective for doing so.Flag
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Name: Adeyemi Fatoki, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments:Flag
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Name: Spencer Nadolsky DO on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Leaner LivingComments:Flag
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Name: Thomas Dayspring MD, FACP, FNLA on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: UMDNJ, NJ Medical SchoolComments: Mr Taubes has written extensively on this topic and his investigative work clearly supports it is carbohydrates, especially fructose and not fat in the diet that drives obesity.Flag
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Name: Regina Wilshire on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: NMSComments:Flag
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Name: Gail Altschuler, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments: Repairing insulin resistance is key to successful long term weight loss. The deluge of refined carbs that we are confronted with daily have made it difficult to stay with a more restricted eating style. A cultural shift needs to take place if we are to really address the obesity crisis. Thanks for your thoughtful article. This is a conversation that needs to be brought to the public.Flag
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Name: Ronald Reynoso Hernandes, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American society of bariatric physiciansComments:Flag
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Name: P. Mark Fromberg, M.D. on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: BC Medical AssociationComments:Flag
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Name: Warren Willey DO on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: ASBPComments: Well done. Care for the wonderful people obese by the poison the food industry profits from, as I do, and you would be quick to agree.Flag
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Name: Chuck Shaffer MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: ASBPComments:Flag
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Name: Traci Fields RPA-C, MS, RD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments:Flag
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Name: Ronald Scott Kempton, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: ASBPComments: As a practicing physician I have used a Paleo style low carbohydrate meal plan and lifestyle with great success to improve cholesterol, reverse hypertension and type 2 diabetes, improve type 1 diabetes, as well as improving autoimmune disorders. And yes, it is the most effective weight loss program available in my clinical opinion.Flag
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Name: Andreas Eenfeldt, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: DietDoctor.comComments:Flag
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Name: Stephen Park MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments: accurate, articulate and conciseFlag
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Name: Rick Lindquist MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: ASBPComments:Flag
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Name: Thomas R. Poskitt, M.D. on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments:Flag
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Name: Dale Gray MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: ASBPComments:Flag
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Name: Daniel Nguyen on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: MDComments:Flag
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Name: Karen Holtmeier on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments:Flag
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Name: DELALI HEVI,MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: ASBPComments:Flag
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Name: Soheir Ramadan on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: MDComments:Flag
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Name: Debra Ravasia, MD, FACOG on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments: Well said. I would further add that the glycemic index and glycemic load of a particular food should be required on our nutritional labels.Flag
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Name: Ethan Lazarus MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: ASBPComments:Flag
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Name: Paul Gwozdz MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Paul W Gwozdz MD LLCComments:Flag
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Name: Carl Knopke, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments:Flag
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Name: Michael P. Varveris, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: National Lipid AssociationComments:Flag
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Name: Eric J. Bush, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Fairview HospitalComments: I'm a board certified Lipidologist, and have devoted my career to addressing obesity, pre-diabetes, cardiovascular disease, etc. I strongly concur that Insulin Resistance is the root of most of the evil in our society, caused by excessive carbohydrates/sugars, and especially fructose.Flag
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Name: Lawrence Greenblatt, DO on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Care Medical Associates, PLLCComments:Flag
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Name: Eric C. Westman, MD MHS on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Duke University Medical Center, American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments:Flag
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Name: Maria Michelotti, M.D. on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Northshore Medical GroupComments:Flag
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Name: Donald Cuccia MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Monmouth Medical groupComments: Agree 100% with PetitionFlag
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Name: Norton Shectman on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Family MedicineComments:Flag
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Name: Tara Dall,MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Advanced LipidologyComments:Flag
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Name: Joseph L. Lillo, DO on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Scottsdale Family HealthComments: As a Board Certified Lipidologist who has authored articles on obesity, I lend my agreement to the above petition.Flag
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Name: Barbara E. Berkeley, MD on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: LakeHealth System, Cleveland, OhioComments: As a physician who has specialized in obesity for 20 years and who has spent the last ten years focusing my practice on weight maintenance, I fully agree with the points made above. The adoption of a diet that is very low in sugars and starches and which looks a great deal more like our ancient human diet appears to be highly successful in inducing and maintaining weight loss. As hunter-gatherers, our ancestors were not exposed to large loads of sugars, nor to situations in which insulin required frequent and significant production. It seems likely, then, that our insulin system is a fragile one, and that we may be seeing the consequences of continuous overuse. While obesity resolves and people are far less hungry on diets that lower sugar and starch consumption, a problem remains. Foods that ultimately become glucose tend to have an addictive nature. While we can imagine ourselves becoming vegetarian with only minimal pain, the idea of giving up bread, pasta and sugar is anathema to many of us. This is a shame, since those who attempt such a diet are often rewarded not just with good health and weight, but with a feeling of being freed from the control of food. www.refusetoregain.comFlag
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Name: Cate Shanahan on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: queen of the valley medical centerComments: I would like the NY Times to allow Gary Taubes or anyone from the Nutrition and Metabolism Society to respond to this article so as to avoid discouraging would-be dieters from even trying to lose weight, and to avoid encouraging doctors to wrongly blame their patients "lack of willpower"Flag
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Name: Vedat Obuz, MDs on Jan 5, 2012Affiliation: Member American Society of Bariatric PhysiciansComments:Flag