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Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity?

Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity?

FromScience Weekly


Hardwired to eat: what can our dogs teach us about obesity?

FromScience Weekly

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Length:
20 minutes
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Labradors are known for being greedy dogs, and now scientists have come up with a theory about the genetic factors that might be behind their behaviour. Science correspondent and flat-coated retriever owner Nicola Davis visits Cambridge University to meet Dr Eleanor Raffan and Prof Giles Yeo to find out how understanding this pathway could help us treat the obesity crisis in humans. Help support our independent journalism at theguardian.com/sciencepod
Released:
Apr 23, 2024
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the Science Weekly podcast will now explore some of the crucial scientific questions about Covid-19. Led by its usual hosts  Ian Sample,  Hannah Devlin and  Nicola Davis, as well as the Guardian's health editor Sarah Boseley, we’ll be taking questions – some sent by you – to experts on the frontline of the global outbreak. Send us your questions here:  theguardian.com/covid19questions