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MBE; Professor @Cambridge_Uni @WolfsonCam, food intake & #obesity; Broadcaster; Author, #WhyCaloriesDontCount out now; on Instagram & Threads @gilesyeo
Sep 23, 2021 7 tweets 3 min read
As requested by @TamarHaspel here is a brief tweetorial on my latest @NatureRevGenet review on the #genetics 🧬 of #obesity rdcu.be/cyjVV 🧵👇 1/7 While changes in the environment have driven its increased prevalence, obesity results from interaction between environmental & biological factors. Crucially, there is a strong genetic component underlying the large variation in body-weight in today’s ‘obesogenic’ environment 2/7