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EPISODE · Mar 1, 2019 · 43 MIN

Fat Fights Back

from EvolutionMedicine · host evolution and medicine by Joe Alcock MD

In this Evo Med podcast #39, Coffee Brown and I discuss Mary Jane West Eberhard's paper on the evolutionary function of fat and a developmental explanation for the obesity epidemic. Her paper lays the groundwork for understanding why some early life experiences make us more likely to have chronic diseases like heart disease, diabetes, and obesity.

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