• Question: Why did you pick to study the body and the cause or what causes fat

    Asked by Simon Cowell to Andy, Duane, Giovanna, Katie, Theresia on 11 Nov 2014.
    • Photo: Andrew Philp

      Andrew Philp answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Obesity is a consequence of two things that interest me, exercise and diet. We know that if you are inactive and eat the wrong type of food you will become obese and this leads to diabetes. Obesity and Diabetes are major challenges of our healthcare system and manageable if we get people to do two simple things, be more active and eat healthier. We spend billions of money treating something when there is already a free medicine… exercise!

    • Photo: Duane Mellor

      Duane Mellor answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      The body is amazing and complicated, if you look at obesity, it is not just the biology of how the body works it is also the psychology of behaviour. It is so complex and changing one thing will have little effect, this is why I chose it as there are so many things to learn and work out.

    • Photo: Theresia Mina

      Theresia Mina answered on 11 Nov 2014:

      Because obesity is as pandemic and it increases the risk of diabetes, cancer, heart attack, and depression!

    • Photo: Giovanna Bermano

      Giovanna Bermano answered on 12 Nov 2014:

      Very good question…I found fascinating to see how the body can change to store so much fat and to one extent it is able to adapt to it. The body is a well oiled machine and I find very interesting to understand the changes when something goes wrong……in addition as obesity is such a big problem worldwide, hopefully the work we do will help a lot of people!!!!!

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