In this episode, Dr. Candice Price talks about her research on the effects of sugary drinks on type 2 diabetes and heart disease and her recent focus on this topic in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Dr. Candice Price is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, Davis with seven years of experience as a cardiometabolic research scientist focused on understanding the physiological and molecular mechanisms of type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease development. Her primary research investigates the impact of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption on cardiometabolic health in Black women.
“We can use sugar sweetened beverages sort of as a tool to really understand the mechanisms that are specific to added sugar consumption, but also because sugar sweetened beverage consumption is so disproportionately affecting Black and Hispanic communities in the United States.”
Question of the Day: Have you considered cutting out soda and/or other sugary beverages in your personal health journey?
On This Episode You Will Learn:
Type 2 Diabetes
Heart Disease Prevalence
Sugar Sweetened Beverages
Black Women’s Health
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Key Points:
00:00 - Intro with Shireen!
1:30 - Can you talk a bit about how you became interested in researching Type 2 diabetes and heart disease in Black women?
04:04 - How did you pinpoint sugar-sweetened beverages as a factor to investigate in type 2 diabetes and heart disease prevalence?
05:00 - What have been your most important conclusions so far in your research in this area?
08:52 - You recently began work on the role of sugar-sweetened beverages on the increasing rates of Type 2 diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa. What was your process in deciding to study this area?
13:30 - You seem to have a very diverse research portfolio. Can you briefly tell us about some of your other research projects related to sugar-sweetened beverages and Black women’s health?
17:51 - What do you think the direction of future research and public health policy should be concerning sugary beverages?
20:08 - How can our listeners connect with you and learn more about your work?
21:12 - Outro with Shireen!
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