Obesity in your Genes

The Naked Scientists Podcast

Dr Chris Smith

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

4.6 • 957 Ratings

🗓️ 18 January 2009

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Is obesity in your genes? This week we find out how hormones, genetics and even your mother's diet contribute to your chances of becoming obese and succumbing to obesity-related diseases. We also take a look into the surgical way to lose weight fast - liposuction, figure out how the lengths of your fingers predicts your financial prowess and uncover a new source of antibiotics from the sea. Plus, is there life on Mars? We talk with the NASA scientist who recently discovered methane on the red planet to find out what this might mean, and in a fruity edition of Kitchen Science we explore the... Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists

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0:00.0	Boldly going where no science show has gone before.
0:05.0	The Naked Scientists
0:10.0	Hello, your fingers can determine whether you've got the Midas touch, at least when it comes to making money on the stock exchange.
0:26.0	Also, how scientists have tapped into a rich new source of antibiotics by tapping into a series of tiny marine creatures and also how researchers have
0:35.9	discovered the way in which rheumatoid arthritis damages joints and that
0:39.5	promises to bring us new ways to treat the disorders and that's all coming up in a moment, cap.
0:43.6	Thanks, Chris. Also this week we are looking at the weighty problem of obesity and weight gain
0:48.2	to find out how the genes that you carry can affect your chances of becoming overweight and how scientists are developing
0:53.6	new ways to combat this problem. We're also going to be hearing that what a woman
0:57.7	eats when she's pregnant could make a lifetime of difference to the health of
1:01.2	her offspring by altering the genes that are
1:03.4	switched on in the baby. Thank you very much cat and also on the way we'll be
1:06.8	looking at one very radical approach to treating excess weight. The fat is sort of
1:11.4	sucked through these holes and as you move the canula back and forth it pulls it
1:16.4	drags it away.
1:18.4	Myra Senthelingham has been finding out about the painful subject of liposuction.
1:23.0	That's all coming up.
1:24.0	So if you've got a question for us or some feedback about the Naked Scientist program,
1:28.0	the email address for us is Chris at the Naked Scientist.com.
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