That’s a shocking claim from my soon to be published book, Health in Flames. Let me explain.  According to a 2016 study by the Mayo Clinic only 2.7% of American adults met well established standards for healthy living. This study looked at four factors: normal weight healthy diet exercise non-smoking  Let explore how the researchers …

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Our Health Problem Let me give you an idea what this book is about and how it came to be. I’ll also mention a little about me.  I’m a family doc.  I work at a multispecialty clinic in the beautiful city of Austin, Texas.  I’ve had the privilege of heading and overseeing the population health …

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