Eric Zacharias, M.D.

2012

A Clinician’s Guide for Patient Care

For what is likely the first time in the history of mankind, our health is more threatened by easy access to food—specifically, high calorie density and low nutrient density food—than by food scarcity. The fact that many individuals in our modern society, perhaps even the majority, over-eat unhealthy foods is a common observation, and there are frequent reports in both the professional and lay media of the dramatic worldwide rise in obesity and other morbidity directly related to our diet.