Do Your Genes Make You Fat? With Dr Giles Yeo

💬 “People think I’m anti-physics. I’m not anti-physics. Calories don’t give you the information to improve your diet.” ⚡️ Dr Giles Yeo is a geneticist at Cambridge University specialising in obesity and how our brain controls food intake. He’s also the author of ‘Why Calories Don't Count’ and ‘Gene Eating’. ⚡️ In this episode Giles and I dig into the science of genetics and hunger hormones and why some people struggle with their weight more than others. I also challenge him on the notion that calories don’t count. 🎧 Stay tuned to find out: ➡︎ How over 1000 genes are involved in body weight and controlling your appetite ➡︎ Why obesity isn’t a moral failing and should be thought of as a disease ➡ The huge variety in how different ethnicities are impacted by obesity ➡︎ What exactly “calories don’t count” really means ➡︎ Why fad diets should be ignored and how to find the diet that works for YOU 📕 Chapters (1:29) Obesity is not a moral failing (4:01) Is obesity a disease? (6:00) The role of genetics (8:39) Obesity phenotypes (10:59) Best diet for weight loss? (13:14) Where’s the data coming from? (15:44) How different ethnicities are affected by obesity (20:02) Calories don’t count? (24:34) The truth about ozempic (26:49) Hungry hormones (30:11) Not all calories are the same (32:09) How poverty affects obesity (34:14) Environment v genetics (36:19) Reframe the blame (39:16) Do we need policy change? (43:18) Our outdated biology (49:04) Does taste affect weight gain? (53:59) The microbiome (58:07) How to take action 📱 Connect with me: TikTok: https://www.instagram.com/drkaranrajan Instagram: https://www.tiktok.com/@dr.karanr 📱 Connect with Giles: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gilesyeo/ X: https://x.com/GilesYeo  📕 Grab Giles’ book here: https://amzn.eu/d/hoAnVLr  🔥 For more useful science for your everyday life, grab my best selling book “This Book May Save Your Life”: https://geni.us/DrKaranBook  🎙️ An OG Podcasts production.