Diet and Obesity: Manna from Gods or the Food of Destruction?
Obesity has shifted from being a rare symbol of decadence and riches to a widespread problem of ignorance, poverty and economic exploitation. New prospective wonder diets are today's front-page news. How much of the problem is down to genetic predisposition, how much to education and experience, and how much to those who provide cheap food for profit?
Is this a unique human problem and what can we do about it?
Professor Keith Kendrick is Systems and Behavioural Neuroscientist and was Gresham Professor of Physic between 2002 and 2006.
(from gresham.ac.uk)
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