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SUMMARY:The brain control of appetite: Can an old dog teach us new tricks?
  - Dr Giles Yeo\, MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit\, University of Cambridge Me
 tabolic Research Labs
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CONTACT:Dr Dervila Glynn
DESCRIPTION:*Theme: Beyond the Neuron: glia\, vascular and immune cells*\n
 \n*Abstract:* 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 othe
 rs. We now know that the genetics of body-weight\, on which obesity sits o
 n one end of the spectrum\, is in actuality the genetics of appetite contr
 ol. In contrast to the prevailing view\, body-weight is not a choice. Peop
 le who are obese are not bad or lazy\; rather\, they are fighting their bi
 ology.\n*Biography:* Giles Yeo got his PhD from the University of Cambridg
 e in 1998\, after which he joined the lab of Prof Sir Stephen O’Rahilly\
 , working on the genetics of severe human obesity.  Giles Yeo is now a pro
 gramme leader at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit in Cambridge and his rese
 arch currently focuses on the influence of genes on feeding behaviour & bo
 dy-weight. In addition\, he is a graduate tutor and fellow of Wolfson Coll
 ege\, and Honorary President of the British Dietetic Association. Giles is
  also a broadcaster and author\, presenting science documentaries for the 
 BBC\, and hosts a podcast called ‘Dr Giles Yeo Chews The Fat’. His fir
 st book ‘Gene Eating’ was published in December 2018\, and his second 
 book ‘Why Calories Don’t Count’ came out in June 2021. Giles was app
 ointed an MBE in the Queen’s 2020 birthday honours for services to ‘Re
 search\, Communication and Engagement’.\n\nRegister in advance for this 
 seminar: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZwpd-GvrTgiGNyaXkRh-8ix
 F0bI9ayS-CBr\n\nAfter registering\, you will receive a confirmation email 
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