How to Stay Healthy During the Holidays

How to Stay Healthy During the HolidaysThe Matt Townsend Show • Season 4, Episode 271, Segment 3

Dec 2, 2015 • 33m

Dr. Judith Wurtman is a former director of the Research Program in Women’s Health at the MIT Clinical Research Center and founder of TRIAD, a Harvard Hospital weight loss center. The holidays are a great time to celebrate with cultural customs and family traditions, but some of those traditions include a whole lot of fat and sugar. Dr. Wurtman talks with Dr. Townsend about how we can make sure that Santa is the only one gaining the holiday weight this year.

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