Obesity: Fat of the land or land of the fat?
Obesity is a growing concern – warnings that half the UK population will be obese within 25 years fall on deaf ears, large stomachs and sweet teeth. “My metabolism’s slow”, “All my family are big”, “I’ll get a tummy-tuck”. Scientific fact, greed or denial? Contribute to the debate led by BBC Radio 4’s Quentin Cooper and experience what it feels like to gain 10kg. Can science solve the problem of Britain’s ever-expanding waistlines?
Talks include:
- Obesity: a weighty issue – Prof Ian MacDonald, University of Nottingham
- Are my genes to blame when my jeans don’t fit? – Dr Giles Yeo, University of Cambridge
- How your fetal and infant nutrition affected your weight – Dr Helen Budge, University Hospital Nottingham
- A gut feeling – Dr Rachel Batterham, University College London
- Obesity: tackling the issues – A debate led by Quentin Cooper and featuring Dr Carel Le Roux (Imperial College London), Ms Gill Fine (Food Standards Agency), Prof Ron Maughan (Loughborough University) and Dr Alexandra Johnstone (Rowett Research Institute)
When?
09:15-13:00, Monday 8 September 2008
Where?
Barkla Lecture Theatre, Chadwick Building, Liverpool University
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To book tickets
This event is free to attend but prior booking is required. To book tickets, please visit the BA Festival of Science website or call 0207 019 7947.
This event forms part of the BA Biology Section and is sponsored by the Biosciences Federation and organised by the Biochemical Society, the Nutrition Society and the Society for Endocrinology.
This event is part of the BA Festival of Science in Liverpool, which runs from 6 – 11 September 2008. Tickets for all events can be booked online at http://www.the-ba.net/festivalofscience or by calling 0207 019 7947.