# 36 A Calorie Is Not a Calorie & Why Calorie Based Thinking is Wrong Sean Lucan, MD

The Longevity Lifestyle Podcast with David Rachford

Sean Lucan is a practicing family physician in the Bronx, NY, and a former Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholar.As an Associate Professor, Department of Family and Social Medicine Montefiore Medical Center | Albert Einstein College of Medicine, his research focuses on how different aspects of urban food environments may influence what people eat, and what the implications are for obesity and chronic diseases, particularly in low-income and minority communities.

His recent work has focused on measuring, modeling, and mapping under-studied aspects of urban food environments. Another focus of his work is critically examining various beliefs in the field of Nutrition.