Aaron Carroll

It's exactly a box one situational shift.

Let me elaborate on this story of Aaron Carroll.

He was a very, and always has been, gritty high achiever, all the best schools, all the top grades, and also always struggling with his weight.

His father was also morbidly obese.

It's also their situation.

I wonder whether, and not to get too deeply psychological here, but your dad, who was also born in China, was very much what felt like a gritty guy.

My dad was a gritty guy.

He was all about hard work and achievement, and you were a dutiful daughter.

You did really well.

Yeah.

In fact, you

write about a guy, Aaron Carroll, who's taking GLP-1s, obviously to lose weight.

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Dr. Aaron Carroll, how are you?

I'm good.

How are you?

... and, and even much more scotch as well.

More wine, more coffee, more scotch, less tuna fish.

Dr. Aaron Carroll, thank you so much.