Event
The causes and consequences of obesity: Lessons from the extremes.
Tuesday, April 8, 2025 12:00to13:00
The causes and consequences of obesity: Lessons from the extremes.
Speaker: Professor Sir Stephen O’Rahilly
Professor of Clinical Biochemistry and Medicine, Director of the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge;
Honorary Consultant Physician at Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, UK
At the end of the presentation, the audience will:
- Learn about the importance of the hypothalamus in the control of human appetite.
- Better understand the role of genetic factors in obesity.
- Understand how the health of adipose tissue determines the extent to which whether chronic overnutrition has adverse consequences.
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