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An Economist Explains Why Losing Weight Is Kind Of Like Defeating Inflation

An Economist Explains Why Losing Weight Is Kind Of Like Defeating Inflation

An Economist Explains Why Losing Weight Is Kind Of Like Defeating Inflation
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Every week, hosts Joe Weisenthal and Tracy Alloway take you on a not-so-random walk through hot topics in markets, finance and economics.

A lot of people would probably agree that there's something wrong with much of the traditional advice in how to lose weight -- or at least how it's implemented. The economist Miles Kimball has lost weight using a different approach. He's increased his fat intake and gone for long stretches of time without eating anything at all. On this week's Odd Lots podcast, Kimball, a prolific blogger and professor at the University of Colorado Boulder, explains what got him interested in fasting, obesity research, and the similarities between weight loss and fighting inflation. 

 

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