David Kessler

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Former FDA Chief Praises 'Revolutionary' GLP-1s

'These drugs offer a chance for people to improve their health even as our national body is ill'

(Newser) - "Revolutionary" anti-obesity drugs like Ozempic appear to be the right tool to deal with the addictive, highly processed foods that are ruining Americans' health, former FDA Commissioner David Kessler writes at the New York Times . He says GLP-1 drugs helped him end the "cycle of despair" of weight...

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Why Our Brains Want What's Bad for Us

(Newser) - Former Food and Drug Administration chief David Kessler thinks Americans are victims of “conditioned hyper-eating,” and he’s written a book about it: The End of Overeating: Taking Control of the Insatiable American Appetite. The Wall Street Journal poked him for some answers about how food can “...

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