Obesity, Appetite, Exercise and Weight Loss

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

Natural Sciences, Science, Science Radio, Naked Scientists, Health & Fitness, Engineering, Medicine, Technology, Life Sciences

4.6 • 958 Ratings

🗓️ 8 January 2006

⏱️ 58 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

🧾️ Download transcript

Summary

With the indulgences of Christmas behind us, Steve ORahilly sheds some light on shedding a few pounds as he discusses the science of appetite, obesity and weight loss, Len Almond describes the role of exercise in losing weight, John ODoherty talks about what happens in our brains when we reach for our favourite brands, Jane Visvader and Connie Eaves describe their discovery of the breast stem cell, and Dave and Derek find out what cream and paint have in common in Kitchen Science. Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

Transcript

Click on a timestamp to play from that location

0:00.0	Live from the BBC The Naked Scientists.
0:07.0	Well a very good evening to you.
0:09.0	Welcome to a special 2006 start to the Naked Scientist with me Dr. Chris Smith and with Dr
0:15.4	Katani. Hello! I hope you had a very nice Christmas. Now tonight's show
0:19.8	Food for Thought. We have a gut-busting, flab fighting, well over-indulging, combating program for you this evening because we're going to be talking about the science of appetite, the science of metabolism, how our body controls how much food we eat and what it does
0:35.9	with it, and how to lose weight. If you have put on too much, why do some people manage to stay
0:40.6	slim despite eating all kinds of rubbish, and why do others seem to be perpetually
0:44.6	fighting the battle of the expanding waistline.
0:47.0	Well, how to help us do that tonight?
0:48.7	We have from Cambridge University Professor Steve O'Reilly, good evening Steve,
0:52.0	and from Loughborough University Professor Lenni. University, Professor Steve O'Reilly. Good evening, Steve. Good evening, then.
0:55.0	Good evening, Len Armand.
0:56.0	Good evening.
0:57.0	If you'd like to ask either of those two individuals, any questions about how exercise can make a difference
1:01.0	to your general health, how exercise can help you to lose weight,
1:04.4	or how your metabolic rate is affected by what you eat, anything like that, get calling now.
1:08.6	08-559, 25-2,000 is the phone number, or you can send us an email Chris at naked scientist
1:15.2	dot com and as usual will of course be starting the program with our more general
1:18.5	science questions so if you have anything that's been toying with your imagination
1:22.3	or praying on your mind
1:23.1	over Christmas we'll answer it for you. 08-59 25-2,000 and here's Dr. Kat with a
1:27.8	rundown of what else to look forward to tonight. Yeah we got loads of stuff
	...

Please login to see the full transcript.

Previous episode | Next episode

Disclaimer: The podcast and artwork embedded on this page are from Dr Chris Smith, and are the property of its owner and not affiliated with or endorsed by Tapesearch.

Generated transcripts are the property of Dr Chris Smith and are distributed freely under the Fair Use doctrine. Transcripts generated by Tapesearch are not guaranteed to be accurate.