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What to know about wellness catchphrase ‘metabolic health’
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The definition is tricky, but the effects of poor metabolic health are clear, and can wreak havoc on the body.
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Nina Agrawal
NEW YORK– “Metabolic health” is a wellness catchphrase that is hard to escape.
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr has made it a pillar of his Make America Healthy Again agenda. Dr Casey Means, nominee for Surgeon-General, wrote a bestseller explaining how to achieve it. Influencers claim it is the key to longevity.
