TEDxSydney - Katherine Samaras - Starve to Survive
Channel: TEDx Talks
Date: 2011-06-14

Katherine Samaras is a senior staff specialist in endocrinology and metabolism at St Vincent's Hospital in Sydney and group leader in Clinical Diabetes and Obesity at the Garvan Institute of Medical Research. 

Katherine's everyday clinical medicine and research revolves around diabetes and obesity. In her clinical role, she actively engages obese patients with major illness in weight reduction, as a core means of achieving better health. 

Katherine's research is helping to unravel the mysteries of fat tissue and how it affects our health, particularly how inflammation promotes different diseases, including diabetes, heart failure, cognition and dementia. 

A major project is focused on reversing diabetes through diet change and weight loss. 

http://tedxsydney.com/site/newSpeakers.cfm#KatharineSamaras
http://www.garvan.org.au
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TEDxSydney 2011 took place on Saturday 28 May 2011 at CarriageWorks. Tens of thousands of people enjoyed the day: 800 in the theatre, over 1,000 via big screen simulcast in The Forum, up to 48,000 online via YouTube ... and up to 80,000 tuning in to ABC Radio National. It was a grand day. About TEDx, x = independently organised event In the spirit of ideas worth spreading, TEDx is a program of local, self-organised events that bring people together to share a TED-like experience. At a TEDx event, TEDTalks video and live speakers combine to spark deep discussion and connection in a small group. These local, self-organised events are branded TEDx, where x = independently organised TED event. The TED Conference provides general guidance for the TEDx program, but individual TEDx events are self-organised.* (*Subject to certain rules and regulations)