Obesity - Is It Your Fault?

We’ve always been told to get off the couch and stop eating junk food if you want to lose weight - but is the obesity epidemic that simple? (Spoiler alert: it’s not.) We speak to geneticist Dr Giles Yeo, exercise physiology researcher Dr Lara Dugas, gastroenterologist Dr Jessica Allegretti, nutrition researcher Dr Pablo Monsivais and Italian radio maker Jonathan Zenti, Check out Jonathan’s podcast MEAT here.

Check out the full transcript here: http://bit.ly/36jtLCo

Selected reading: The2007study announcing the FTO gene and its link to obesityThecute cookie studyThe paper that says ““Let us bust the myth of physical inactivity and obesity”Thecurious case of the poo transplantFooddeserts in DetroitOnfast food advertising

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