Why do we like to eat?

Dr Sadaf Farooqi, a Wellcome Trust Senior Clinical Fellow at Addenbrooke's Hospital will look at the genetic factors which cause human obesity and the dramatic response that patients can experience following leptin therapy, including the critical role this hormone plays in the regulation of human food intake. A Cambridge Science Festival 2009 lecture.

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Education

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• Cambridge University
• Dr Sadaf Farooqi
• Obesity
• Leptin Therapy
• Food
• Eat
• Science
• Festival

[thegreeensky]

nice.. very interesting... i love eating :)

[DontxBringxPajamas]

MissJudah. did you even watch this?!

that has to be the most ridiculous comment.

[Ipfree549]

9:31

[MissJudah]

if we spend all our money and resources growing herbs fruits and vegetables from the earth and stop all the processing food we would be ok....pakcaged food is beautiful but not needed just give me a banana and some beans and im fine

[bara89]

very interesting!!!

[AngeloAVI]

Fascinating, quite a lot of us tend to label fat people and fat children as lazy and greedy. Your study had shed a light on my believes and has definitely change my opinions. With children specially is very sad; people tend to blame the parents and obviously the parents fill guilty and might not know that obesity could be a genetic problem. Also the press is constantly attacking fat people it should not be aloud. Congratulations on your work Dr. hopefully it will become a standard soon.

[mainmedic]

Eat to live but do not Live to Eat

[emynmolly]

Great research information. Maybe a Leptin pill will be made available to help people with this deficiency.

[TownRyan]

we like to eat else we die

[vlahula]

Take away those dangerous chemicals from our food , and we will be healthy and slim. And also DO NOT DRINK COCA COLA . Is poison. ....OOuuuu, yes. Will be less business for many corporation we all know are involved in giving us poison.