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If being overweight is bad for us, why is it so easy to gain weight and so hard to lose weight? Taking how we look out of it, is being overweight or obese really as bad for our health as we are led to believe? And why may this be the case?

In this episode of Vision of Health, Professor Giles Yeo MBE, a world renowned weight-loss scientist spills the tea on why storing too much fat is bad for us, and what we can do about it.

Giles a Professor of Molecular Neuroendocrinology at the University of Cambridge, who has been researching the science behind body weight and feeding behaviours for the last 25 years. He has a PhD from the University of Cambridge, is a two time author of pivotal books on obesity and genetics, and was awarded an MBE in the Queen’s 2020 birthday honours, for his commitment to research on this topic

You may also know Giles from the TV where he’s featured in many documentaries on the topic!

This episode covers:
What obesity actually is and how it impacts our health
The science behind body size vs body shape
Why is it so easy to put on weight, but challenging to lose weight
How to lose weight and keep it off
Whether obesity is due to genetics or diet
Why we have different relationships with food
The impact of childhood obesity on future health
How ageing affects fat loss/How to age safely
Key differences between men and women
Whether blood glucose monitoring is a useful tool for weight loss
What you need to know about Ozempic

Timestamps

00:00 Start
5:25 Can you explain to our listeners what obesity actually is? 
6:41 How were BMI levels established? What is the cut off between healthy vs not healthy? Why isn’t it better to have some fat stores?
6:55 Why is obesity bad for you?
8:36 Do people have different capacities to store fat?
9:44 How can people assess their risk of obesity/ if they need to lose weight?
11:49 Why does body fat distribution matter?
16:23 Why is excess body fat bad for our health?
17:23 Why is it easy to put on weight but hard to lose it and keep it off?
19:45 Is being overweight down to poor food choices?
22:17 is there genetic differences in the likelihood to over-eat?
24:27 Is there such a thing as fat genes and skinny genes?
26:06 Are there genetic differences between how men and women store fat?
29:50 What happens to our metabolism as we age?
32:22 Weight training & fat loss?
34:42 How big of a problem is childhood obesity? Does being obese as a child affect future ability to manage weight?
36:13 Does diet during pregnancy affect future health of your child?
38:45 How can someone lose weight safely, and should they?
41:04 Should we factor time in our day to prepare food?
45:03 Where does someone start if they want to lose weight?
46:36 Are there ways to make weight maintenance easier?
48:32 It’s not a weakness of willpower if you’ve lost weight and then put it back on
51:12 Can we manipulate our reward system in our brains?
54:44 Ozempic - what are the pros and cons?
1:01:50 What do you think about blood glucose monitoring?
1:05:35 What do you want everyone listening to take away about this topic?
1:06:55 What is your Vision of Health?

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Dr Frankie