E14 - The science behind obesity

Dr James King talks about how obesity develops, how exercise and diet help to fight against health difficulties not just weight loss, and how drugs might be the answer to the obesity epidemic.

0.00-4.33 - Intro

4.34-6.14 - Prevalence of obesity within society

6.15-11.16 - Genetic components

11.17-16.39 - Interacting factors around energy

16.40-19.49 - Compensating for consumption with exercise

19.50-22.25 - Types of exercise and their benefits

22.26-27.42 - “Prescribed” movement and public health

27.43-29.26 - Lifestyle behaviours vs motivation

29.27-31.54 - Current research

31.55-35.09 - Preventative exercise to improve health

35.10-39.37 - Weight loss drugs

39.38-41.48 - Upcoming research

41.49-42.25 - Outro