100 WVIA Way
Pittston, PA 18640

Phone: 570-826-6144
Fax: 570-655-1180

Copyright © 2024 WVIA, all rights reserved. WVIA is a 501(c)(3) not-for-profit organization.
DONATE
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
Amanpour and Company

America’s Obesity Crisis: Dr. Explains Problem Plaguing 75% of U.S. Adults

Season 2024 Episode 7107 | 18m 10s

A new Biden proposal for coverage of obesity drugs by Medicare and Medicaid coincides with a report finding that 75% of American adults are overweight or obese. The numbers have been trending upward since 1990. Dr. Fatima Cody Stanford is an obesity medicine physician and professor at Harvard Medical School. As medications like Ozempic become household names, Stanford joins the show to discuss.

Extras
Watch • 55:47
Amanpour and Company
January 17, 2025
Amos Yadlin; Tim Wu; Derek Thompson
Episode: S2025 E7145 | 55:47
Watch • 17:59
Amanpour and Company
“The Anti-Social Century:” Inside America’s Epidemic of Solitude
Derek Thompson joins the show.
Clip: S2025 E7145 | 17:59
Watch • 55:35
Amanpour and Company
January 16, 2025
Antony Blinken; Gershon Baskin; Kevin Williams
Episode: S2025 E7144 | 55:35
Watch • 18:01
Amanpour and Company
This Altadena Resident Watched His Community Go Up in Flames
Altadena, California resident Kevin Williams discusses the effect of the fires on his community.
Clip: S2025 E7144 | 18:01
Watch • 55:21
Amanpour and Company
January 15, 2025
Antony Blinken; Bianna Golodryga; Tom Fletcher; Mustafa Barghouti; Sharone Lifschitz
Episode: S2025 E7143 | 55:21
Watch • 6:03
Amanpour and Company
Blinken and Amanpour Discuss Gaza Ceasefire and Hostage Release Deal
Secretary of State Antony Blinken joins the show.
Clip: S2025 E7143 | 6:03
Watch • 16:48
Amanpour and Company
The Cost of the LA Fires: Will Insurance Cover the Devastation?
Bloomberg reporter Leslie Kaufman discusses the financial impact of the LA fires.
Clip: S2025 E7142 | 16:48
Watch • 55:47
Amanpour and Company
January 14, 2025
Lauren Fox; Jerry Brown; Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; Leslie Kaufman
Episode: S2025 E7142 | 55:47
Watch • 55:46
Amanpour and Company
January 13, 2025
Veronica Miracle; Robert Kagan; Halina Reijn; Slava Leontyev and & Brendan Bellomo
Episode: S2025 E7141 | 55:46
Watch • 18:11
Amanpour and Company
“Porcelain War:” Ukrainian Artists on Living, Fighting and Creating Amid War
Slava Leontyev and Brendan Bellomo join the show.
Clip: S2025 E7141 | 18:11
Latest Episodes
All
  • All
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2025
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2024
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2023
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2022
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2021
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2020
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2019
  • Amanpour and Company Season 2018
Watch • 55:47
Amanpour and Company
January 17, 2025
Amos Yadlin; Tim Wu; Derek Thompson
Episode: S2025 E7145 | 55:47
Watch • 55:35
Amanpour and Company
January 16, 2025
Antony Blinken; Gershon Baskin; Kevin Williams
Episode: S2025 E7144 | 55:35
Watch • 55:21
Amanpour and Company
January 15, 2025
Antony Blinken; Bianna Golodryga; Tom Fletcher; Mustafa Barghouti; Sharone Lifschitz
Episode: S2025 E7143 | 55:21
Watch • 55:47
Amanpour and Company
January 14, 2025
Lauren Fox; Jerry Brown; Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus; Leslie Kaufman
Episode: S2025 E7142 | 55:47
Watch • 55:46
Amanpour and Company
January 13, 2025
Veronica Miracle; Robert Kagan; Halina Reijn; Slava Leontyev and & Brendan Bellomo
Episode: S2025 E7141 | 55:46
Watch • 55:50
Amanpour and Company
January 10, 2024
Kara Swisher; Sunder Katwala; Pedro Almodovar; Joe Lonsdale
Episode: S2025 E7140 | 55:50
Watch • 55:23
Amanpour and Company
January 9, 2025
Kyung Lah; James Fallows; Abbas Milani; Kai Bird
Episode: S2025 E7139 | 55:23
Watch • 55:45
Amanpour and Company
January 8, 2024
Alejandro Mayorkas; Ibrahim Nash'at; Yannick Benjamin
Episode: S2025 E7138 | 55:45
Watch • 55:23
Amanpour and Company
January 7, 2024
Stuart Eizenstat; Colman Domingo and Greg Kwedar; Bruce Hoffman
Episode: S2025 E7137 | 55:23
Watch • 55:47
Amanpour and Company
January 6, 2025
David Petraeus; Catherine McKenna; Harry Dunn
Episode: S2025 E7136 | 55:47