Scott Chasserot
Is obesity a choice?
Fri 17 January 2020
Wolfson College
Dr Giles Yeo, BA PhD, Scientific Director of Genomics/Transcripomics core, Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, University of Cambridge, and television personality, gives the fourth lecture in the series 'Transforming healthcare through prevention'.
It is clear that the cause of obesity is a result of eating more than you burn. It is physics. What is more complex to answer is why some people eat more than others? Differences in our genetic make-up mean some of us are slightly more hungry all the time and so eat more than others. In contrast to the prevailing view, obesity is not a choice. People who are obese are not bad or lazy; rather, they are fighting their biology. Society has to accept this, before we can form successful strategies to tackle this largest of public health problems.
Cost: Free
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