Webinar: Are my genes to blame when my jeans don’t fit?
Webinar
Webinar Topics:
The role of genetics in the control of food intake and body-weight
The fat hormone, leptin
The hypothalamic melanocortin pathway
Genome wide association studies and ‘common obesity’
Fat mass and obesity related (FTO) plays a role in the genetic susceptibility to common obesity
The recent rapid increase in obesity is undoubtedly due to changes in our lifestyle and in the types of food we eat. Our environment has changed dramatically over the past 50 years, with people taking much less exercise and consuming far more calories than ever before. However, although we are all exposed to these changes, not all of us are obese. Differences in our genetic make-up mean we all respond differently to the same environment. In fact, studies on twins have estimated the ‘heritability’ of body-weight to be anywhere between 40% – 70%. The fact that body weight is a highly heritable trait provides us the opportunity to use genetics as a tool to understand the molecular mechanisms underlying human obesity, thus teaching us about the biology of appetite control.
Thu, Nov 29, 2012 - Thu, Nov 29, 2012
Webinar - Global
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