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The Psychology of HealthHow We Burn EnergyThis episode provides an overview of Total Energy Expenditure (TEE) and Basal Energy Expenditure (BEE), emphasizing their definitions, measurement methods, and patterns across the human lifespan. It explains that TEE is the total of all calories burned, comprised mainly of BEE (the energy needed for basic functions at rest), the Thermic Effect of Food, and Physical Activity Energy Expenditure. Contrary to common beliefs, I explain that metabolism remains stable from ages 20 to 60, and midlife weight gain is primarily linked to lifestyle shifts rather than a sudden slowdown. The episode stresses the importance of objective measurement techniques, such as doubly labeled wat...
2025-10-2816 min
The Psychology of HealthYo-Yo DietingThis episode challenges the common belief that weight gain in middle age is caused by a slowing metabolism, asserting that adult metabolism generally remains stable until after age sixty. Instead, it explains that weight gain is primarily driven by lifestyle factors, such as reduced physical activity and increased caloric intake. It details how the body mounts a powerful biological defense against weight loss, interpreting caloric restriction as a threat and triggering adaptive thermogenesis, which suppresses metabolism and increases hunger. Consequently, repeated cycles of weight loss and regain, known as weight cycling, become progressively more difficult and may disrupt metabolic healt...
2025-10-2717 min
The Psychology of HealthMidlife Metabolism: Fact vs. FictionThis episode fundamentally challenges the popular belief that human metabolism slows down during midlife, asserting instead that total energy expenditure remains stable between the ages of 20 and 60, only declining after age 60. Using gold-standard measurements, the text explains that the weight gain many adults experience is not due to a slowing metabolism but rather to changes in body composition, specifically the loss of lean muscle mass and the accumulation of fat. Furthermore, this episode highlights that aging and metabolic decline occur nonlinearly, with major molecular and functional transitions occurring around ages 44 and 60, which correspond to accelerated risks for age-related diseases. Con...
2025-10-2615 min
ShapeShifterShapeshifter - Kweku Bedu-Addo, CEO at Standard Chartered Bank Southern AfricaGuest: Kweku Bedu-Addo, CEO at Standard Chartered Bank Southern Africa|See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
2023-03-0815 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 16: As Chance would Have It! - with Dr. Nana Dadzie GhansahAfrica sometimes seems to lurch from crisis to crisis with much scope to improve outcomes with greater consistency. Could applying some more rigour in governance and management across Africa better the odds of success? My guest is Dr. Nana Dadzie Ghansah, a Cardiac Anesthesiologist based in Lexington, Kentucky and he shares some perspectives on how to improve the certainty of outcomes in Africa and to reduce reliance on chance.
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2023-01-3054 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 15: Changing Africa : Adjacent Possibilities! - with Kweku Bedu-AddoIn the pursuit of rapid growth and development, Africa often succumbs to the temptation to jump straight to efforts to desired outcomes while skipping perhaps intermediate past opportunities and outcomes that are achievable. Episode 15 introduces the concept of “Adjacent Possibilities “. Adjacent possibilities are the set of possibilities available to individuals, a community or institutions at a given point in time of their evolution. Successful societies evolve over time by exploiting and mastering possibilities that are adjacent and within grasp which includes solving current problems. Over time new possibilities emerge and become the new adjacent possibilities. They are mastered once again...
2022-12-0112 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 14: Re-industrialiazation: Agriculture First!As calls for Africa to reestablish an industrial base, it is also prudent to look at the fundamentals and whether they can support industrialisation sustainably. Agriculture presents an “ adjacent possibility “ to Africa. It is a sector that remains within touching distance and waiting to be developed to become globally competitive. Yet Africa continues to rely on food imports to supplement local production. Episode 14 discusses how to transform agriculture in the continent into a credible foundation for industrial takeoff. Controlling competitive production of the raw material base creates capacity to develop supporting processing facilities. This raises agricultural income and also creat...
2022-10-2712 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 13: Re-industrializing Africa! - with Kweku Bedu-AddoMore than 4 decades of maintaining liberalized regimes has led to staggering levels of unemployment and continued reliance on primary agricultural commodities and mining, with very little by way of value-added activities. In a post-pandemic world, there are concerted efforts in many countries to localize supply chains through shoring productive capacity. Africa should not be left behind. Africa has attempted industrialization before but it ended abysmally. Any attempts to reindustrialize should be propped up by more than sentiments and ideology. Episode 13 discusses some of the options available to better the odds of success for Africa.
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2022-08-2910 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 12: Reimagining Africa! - with Kweku Bedu-AddoThe time has come for Africa to reimagine its destiny and its future. Time and experience are essential ingredients of ultimate success. We are enduring the time in Africa but we also have to apply the experience gained with the benefit of hindsight and new knowledge gained to transform the continent. To transform the continent's fortunes requires bold vision, good execution, and transparency with citizens on the reality that comes with change.
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2022-07-1715 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 11: Be a Better Leader! - with Veronica MunroWhat kind of leader do you want to be or if you’re a leader what kind of leader are you. Veronica Munro takes us through headline leadership qualities that better the odds for success. Veronica is an executive coach and has worked thousands of senior leaders in different industries in Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East for over 2 decades. Desirable outcomes do not happen by accident. They occur with good leadership and stewardship of affairs.
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2022-05-171h 03
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 10: 13,000 days Part 2 - with Bonang MohaleOn March 6, 1957, Ghana officially became an independent nation state and no longer a colony of the United Kingdom. Ghana was the first African nation in SSA to achieve this feat. On the eve of independence, the incoming Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah stated that Ghana’s attainment of independence was meaningless unless the rest of Africa also became liberated from colonial rule. On May 10, 1994, this goal was finally achieved with South Africa attaining majority Black rule after it’s first free, fair and inclusive general elections. Nelson Mandela became its first President. This episode, is the Part 2 of of “13,000 Days “ which unp...
2022-04-091h 09
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 9: 13,000 days - with Professor Thadeus UlzenOn March 6, 1957, Ghana officially became an independent nation state and no longer a colony of the United Kingdom. Ghana was the first African nation in SSA to achieve this feat. On the eve of independence, the incoming Prime Minister, Kwame Nkrumah stated that Ghana’s attainment of independence was meaningless unless the rest of Africa also became liberated from colonial rule. On May 10, 1994, this goal was finally achieved with South Africa attaining majority Black rule after it’s first free, fair and inclusive general elections. Nelson Mandela became its first President. This episode, 13,000 days in 2 parts which unpack africa’s inde...
2022-03-051h 26
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 8 : Climate Smart Agriculture- with Michelle AdlemanExperts describe a gloomy and daunting picture of the consequences of global warming if we fail to halt and reverse the emission of greenhouse gases. Water security, food security and a hostile environment could render some parts of the planet inhabitable leading to potential displacement of large swathes of people. Michelle Adleman recommends that we think about the impact on our health and on the climate as we make food choices. This enables us to reimagine and repurpose agricultural production in Africa to be more regenerative while solving for food security, health and well-being and raising the level of...
2022-02-0655 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 7 : "And the Sea will Tell" Impact of Climate Change and Climate Actions on Africa's Development - with Ame I OdaroAfrica is expected to bear the brunt of climate change through more desertification, erosion of the coast line and extreme weather conditions. In this episode, we discuss Climate Actions for Africa, it’s financial implications and the cost of inaction to one of the biggest existential threats to humanity with Ame I. Odaro of the Green Climate Fund in South Korea.
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2022-01-081h 34
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 6: "Last Year The DJ Saved My Life" - with DJ Jay TeeThe Covid Pandemic is entering its third year soon. In 2020 when it first struck, so little was known about the virus and countries all over the world went into lockdown. Suddenly lives and livelihood were in competition and with enforced social isolation from work, family and friends, the inevitable toll on mental health begun to take its toll on many people. This podcast is about an individual who emerged as a hero in 2020 by connecting people around the world through the powerful medium of music and his talent as a highly rated DJ. James Taylor managed to break the...
2021-12-211h 26
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastLast Year The DJ Saved My LifeThe Covid Pandemic is entering its third year soon. In 2020 when it first struck, so little was known about the virus and countries all over the world went into lockdown. Suddenly lives and livelihood were in competition and with enforced social isolation from work, family and friends, the inevitable toll on mental health begun to take its toll on many people. This podcast is about an individual who emerged as a hero in 2020 by connecting people around the world through the powerful medium of music and his talent as a highly rated DJ. James Taylor managed to break the...
2021-12-171h 47
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 5: The African Continental Free Trade Agreement- Much Hype or the Real Deal? - with Dr. Yao GrahamThe Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement was heralded to the world in 2020 with much aplomb. The question is it more hype and form over substance. There have been mixed sentiments about ranging from the very optimistic through the measured and pragmatic to the more cynical. The truth most definitely lies somewhere along the continuum. However mere existence of a Continental Free Trade Agreement is not a panacea to the continent’s woes and neither will it guarantee success. Success will come from diligent execution of well thought out Trade and Industrial policies. My guest foe Episode 5, Dr. Yao Graham he...
2021-11-241h 06
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 4: Educated? Now Solve Our Problems - With Professor Ernest Aryeetey (Part 2)Why can't we solve our problems in Africa, despite training thousands of professionals since the middle of the 20th century? Food Security, affordable housing, decent and safe public transport and reliable social services remain elusive on top of mounting youth unemployment. This engaging episode helps to unpack some of the reasons why Africa's educated have so far collectively been unable to deliver the right outcomes to transform the continent and what we should be doing to turn the situation around.
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2021-11-021h 14
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastAfrica Is Like A Locomotive, It Grinds Slowly, But Eventually It Gets There!- With Ishmael YamsonMost people start their careers full of hope and optimism. But career and professional aspirations may evaporate with time as the realities of work place competition , human relationships and dynamics and sometimes pure luck sets in. Fact is career aspirations can be derailed and the high enthusiasm at the onset of one’s career may soon give way to skepticism and cynicism and in the extreme a downward spiral from unfulfilled dreams and aspirations. The good news is that a career doesn’t have to be all doom and gloom. There are principles that are universal in nature can better...
2021-10-0359 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 2: Educated? Now Solve Our Problems - With Professor Ernest Aryeetey (Part 1)Why can't we solve our problems in Africa, despite training thousands of professionals since the middle of the 20th century? Food Security, affordable housing, decent and safe public transport and reliable social services remain elusive on top of mounting youth unemployment. This engaging episode helps to unpack some of the reasons why Africa's educated have so far collectively been unable to deliver the right outcomes to transform the continent and what we should be doing to turn the situation around.
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2021-09-0146 min
The It's Morning In Africa PodcastEpisode 1: "Money Makes The World Go Round"- With Jude Kofi BucknorAmidst the noise on mainstream and social media, the lines sometimes get blurred between truth, fact, falsehood, and hyperbole. While people struggle to disentangle truth from fiction, there is also palpable concern by many for their financial security and future well-being, especially in countries that are struggling economically. Many ask for solutions to improve society's ability to provide a better and equitable standard of living, irrespective of country, region, or continent. After-all, we are all humanity. This episode discusses a blueprint for ensuring that the economic mould that Africa adopts is able to consistently and predictably generate economic surplus...
2021-08-031h 09
Springboard ZoneSurviving in today’s Global World – Mr. Kweku Bedu-AddoMr. Kweku Bedu-Addo in this episode of Springboard zone highlights the significant changes that has taken place within a short period of time; especially in the field of technology. He emphasizes on the need to plug in today’s world through the rightful use of technology. Mr. Bedu-Addo throws more light on how to survive in the work environment and advises on the choices we make, as with the passage of time – these choices will be magnified.
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Mr. Kweku Bedu Addo is currently the CEO for Standard Chartered Bank, South Africa.
2020-06-1034 min
Springboard ZoneLeaders Digest 9 with Kweku Bedu-AddoA Springboard your Virtual University multimedia educational broadcast on Sunday 2nd November 2014 with host Rev. Albert Ocran and Kweku Bedu-Addo.
2018-07-1253 min