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SUMMARY:Is Obesity a Choice? - Dr Giles Yeo\, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit\
 , University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Labs\, Addenbrooke's Hospital
 \, Cambridge\, UK
DTSTART:20191119T180000Z
DTEND:20191119T193000Z
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CONTACT:Krishna Amin
DESCRIPTION:It is clear that the cause of obesity is a result of eating mo
 re than you burn.  It is physics. What is more complex to answer is why so
 me people eat more than others? Differences in our genetic make-up mean so
 me 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.
  Dr Giles Yeo is a Principal Research Associate at the Metabolic Research 
 Labs and Director of Genomics/Transcriptomics at the MRC Metabolic Disease
 s Unit\, University of Cambridge. He is also President of the British Soci
 ety for Neuroendocrinology. In addition to scientific research\, Dr Yeo is
  very active in media and communication. He presents science documentaries
  for the BBC\, including _‘Horizon’_ and _‘Trust Me I’m a Doctor
 ’_. His first book _‘Gene Eating: The Science of Obesity & the Truth A
 bout Diets’_ was published in December 2018. In recognition of his abili
 ty to communicate topical subjects in genetics research to the public\, th
 e Genetics Society\, in its centenary year\, has awarded Giles the 2019 JB
 S Haldane Lecture.
LOCATION:Pfizer Lecture Theatre\, Department of Chemistry\, Lensfield Road
 \, Cambridge
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