
Experts in Health
The Experts in Health podcast, brought to you by Loughborough University, highlights the latest research and trends in health, as we welcome a variety of guests across a host of different disciplines.
Experts in Health
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