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No Stupid Questions

163. Does Your DNA Determine Your Weight?

No Stupid Questions

Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher

Society & Culture

4.63.6K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2023

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

How much control do you really have over your body? Could understanding genetics help combat fat-shaming? And why is Mike’s life coach so happy all the time?

Transcript

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0:00.0

Shockingly, a lot of people walking down the street do think like,

0:05.5

oh, is that Tom Brady?

0:07.0

I'm Angela Duckworth.

0:09.0

I'm Mike Marn.

0:10.0

And you're listening to no stupid questions.

0:13.0

Today on the show is obesity a matter of nature or nurture?

0:18.0

Wow, you just got the gajillion jeans and gajillion experiences.

0:31.0

Angela, I'm so excited to talk to you about today's question because it is about something

0:42.0

that is, I think, kind of taking over the cultural zeitgeist right now.

0:46.0

Oh, and what would that be, Taylor Swift?

0:49.0

It is about this new wagovi ozempic craze, which maybe you've heard about.

0:53.0

There are all these people using it to lose lots of weight.

0:56.0

Yes, I have heard of this miracle drug.

0:59.0

Well, so here's the deal.

1:00.0

It's sort of changing the face of obesity because obesity has generally been viewed as an

1:04.9

issue of like personal responsibility.

1:06.8

You don't move enough.

1:07.8

You don't eat right, stuff like that.

1:09.8

Right.

1:10.8

I remember seeing these headlines like this new drug shows that it's not willpower that

1:15.2

really we should think about weight as a medical condition and it's not behavior or motivation.

1:22.0

Yes.

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