•You have type 2 diabetes? Here, let me give you a pill. •You have high blood pressure? Here, let me give you a pill. •You have high cholesterol? Here, let me give you a pill. •You have kidney disease? Here, let me give you a pill. But all along, we needed to treat obesity. We were trying to treat the problems caused by obesity rather than obesity itself. In trying to understand the underlying cause of obesity, I eventually established the Intensive Dietary Management Clinic in Toronto, Canada.
