Inaugural Wylie Vale Public Lecture

Speaker Details

Giles Yeo got his PhD from the University of Cambridge in 1998, after which he joined the lab of Prof Sir Stephen O’Rahilly, working on the genetics of severe human obesity. Giles is now a programme leader at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit in Cambridge, focusing on the influence of genes on feeding behaviour & body weight. In addition, he is Honorary President of the British Dietetic Association, and a broadcaster and author. Giles was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for services to ‘Research and Communication and Engagement’ in the Queen’s 2020 birthday honours.

Lecture Details

Is obesity a choice?
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.

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