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	Podcast:		Ben Coomber Radio
	Episode:		#319 - The genetics of obesity with Emma Storey Gordon
	Category:		Health
	Duration:		00:48:12
	Publish Date:		2018-05-09 19:30:00
	Description:		We all know the proximal cause of obesity - people eat too much and/or move too little over a prolonged period of time. That isn't really the whole picture, though - is it? This fascinating conversation with Emma Story Gordon explores the role that genetics have in the development of obesity in free living conditions. After all, we all live in the same environment and most people don't want to be obese - so why is it that some end up gaining a lot of weight and others don't, when neither are paying much attention to their food? After exploring that, we discuss the necessity for counting calories and the pros and cons of eating the same foods all of the time. All in all this was a brilliant discussion from which we think you'll take a lot of cool info! References Cited: Long term overfeeding in human twins: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/2336074 The genetic determinants of exercise adoption and adherence: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1111/obr.12089
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