Nate Wood: Cooking Lessons for Better Health

Howie and Harlan are joined by Nate Wood, a Yale School of Medicine internist and trained chef, to discuss his work combining lifestyle guidance with hands-on training in making healthy, tasty food. Harlan shares new guidance on what counts as a healthy blood pressure; Howie provides an update on rising health insurance costs.

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Blood Pressure

Harlan Krumholz, "Severe Hypertension: The Next Never Event"

JACC: 2025 High Blood Pressure Guidelines Resources

"Trial of Intensive Blood-Pressure Control in Older Patients with Hypertension"

Obesity Drugs

"Semaglutide and Tirzepatide for Obesity: Effectiveness and Value"

"Institute for Clinical and Economic Review Publishes Evidence Report on Treatments for Obesity"

Harlan Krumholz and Jason Abaluck, "Changes in Cardiovascular Risk Factors and Health Care Expenditures Among Patients Prescribed Semaglutide"

Culinary Medicine

"Culinary Medicine: The Secret Ingredient to Good Health"

American College of Lifestyle Medicine

"How each lifestyle medicine pillar supports good nutrition"

Dr. John La Puma

"What to know about 'hyperpalatable' foods"

Food is Medicine Coalition: Our Model

American Academy of Family Physicians: Shared Medical Appointments/Group Visits

Cleveland Clinic: GLP-1 Agonists

Yale New Haven Hospital: Irving and Alice Brown Teaching Kitchen

"Bringing Culinary Medicine to Yale's New Teaching Kitchen"

Dr. Nate Wood

Nate Wood on Instagram

Health Insurance Costs

Kaiser Family Foundation: 2025 Employer Health Benefits Survey

"Health Benefits In 2025: Family Premiums Rise 6 Percent, Large Employers Increase Coverage Of GLP-1s For Weight Loss"

"Annual Family Premiums for Employer Coverage Rise 6% in 2025, Nearing $27,000, with Workers Paying $6,850 Toward Premiums Out of Their Paychecks"

"8 Things to Watch for the 2026 ACA Open Enrollment Period"

"ACA Insurers Are Raising Premiums by an Estimated 26%, but Most Enrollees Could See Sharper Increases in What They Pay"

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