The Science of Eating - Or Who Controls What You Eat?

The Science of Eating - Or Who Controls What You Eat?
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University of Aberdeen returns to the Edinburgh Festival with events at The Festival of Politics in Holyrood, and a partnership event with Scottish Review of Books at Edinburgh International Book Festival.

We are in the grip of an epidemic of over-eating.  But what is the root cause: greed, the availability of food, or societal pressures?  Or are there more subtle physiological mechanisms at work?  And why is it that some people are "naturally" slim, whereas others struggle to control their weight?  Professor Julian Mercer, Head of Obesity Research, University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health, Claire Hughes, Company Nutritionist, Marks and Spencer plc, and Kay Barton, Deputy Director, Health Imrpovement Strategy Division, Scottish Government Department of Health, consider whether food itself may be the answer to the epidemic, and how your brain knows what you're eating.  Chaired by Reevel Anderson, BBC Scotland Home Affairs Correspondent.  In association with the University of Aberdeen Rowett Institute of Nutrition and Health.

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