Programmed to be Fat?

Surlysomething · 08-06-2012, 10:06 AM

Programmed to be Fat?

This is an amazing and very informative episode of The Nature of Things. You can't watch the full episode outside of Canada, but i'm sure you could find it somewhere online if you did some digging.

"Programmed to be Fat? tells the stories of three scientists whose unexpected findings led them to follow the research of a curious doctor in Scotland, baffled by her inability to lose weight. For three years she pored over existing research on environmental chemicals and finally published a key study in an alternative medicine journal. It linked endocrine-disrupting chemicals to the obesity epidemic. The scientists came across the paper while puzzling over their own research results. None of their studies were about fat, but they had two things in common – they were all researching endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and they all ended up with unusually heavy lab animals."

Miss Vickie · 08-08-2012, 09:06 PM

Interesting show... It's just so hard to suss out nature versus nurture. Thanks for sharing this!

08-06-2012, 10:06 AM	#1
Surlysomething Vancougar! Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 10,090	Programmed to be Fat? Programmed to be Fat? This is an amazing and very informative episode of The Nature of Things. You can't watch the full episode outside of Canada, but i'm sure you could find it somewhere online if you did some digging. "Programmed to be Fat? tells the stories of three scientists whose unexpected findings led them to follow the research of a curious doctor in Scotland, baffled by her inability to lose weight. For three years she pored over existing research on environmental chemicals and finally published a key study in an alternative medicine journal. It linked endocrine-disrupting chemicals to the obesity epidemic. The scientists came across the paper while puzzling over their own research results. None of their studies were about fat, but they had two things in common – they were all researching endocrine-disrupting chemicals, and they all ended up with unusually heavy lab animals." __________________ And she said losing love is like a window in your heart. Everybody sees you're blown apart. Everybody sees the wind blow. - Paul Simon

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08-08-2012, 09:06 PM	#2
Miss Vickie Executive Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 8,951	Interesting show... It's just so hard to suss out nature versus nurture. Thanks for sharing this!