Science of Fat
- Synopsis
- Scientists are unravelling the mechanisms that dictate how the brain and body regulate weight. In four presentations from the HHMI Holiday Lectures in Science 200 series, Dr. Ronald M. Evans and Dr. Jeffrey M. Friedman discuss what recent advances in genetic and molecular research tell us about why some people are hefty while others are lean. Understanding the biological systems that control body weight and metabolism, as well as these systems’ environmental interactions, could lead scientists to treatments that curb obesity and treat its negative health consequences.
DVD includes detailed chapter search by scientific topic, direct access to animations, English subtitles, interviews with the speakers, and special features on the molecular structures of fat, fat metabolism, and measuring obesity. - Series
- Hhmi Holiday Lectures on Science 2004, Series.
- Language
- English
- Country
- Great Britain
- Year of release
- 2005
- Year of production
- 2004
- Subjects
- Biology; Medical sciences
- Keywords
- genetics; human biology; metabolism; molecular biology; obesity
Credits
- Contributor
- Jeffrey Friedman; Ronald Evans
Distribution Formats
- Type
- DVD
- Format
- Region 0 NTSC
- Price
- free
- Duration/Size
- 240 minutes
- Year
- 2007
Distributor
- Name
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
- webmaster@hhmi.org
- Web
- http://www.hhmi.org/catalog/main?action=getCategoryListing&catId=2 External site opens in new window
- Fax
- +1 301 215 8500
- Address
- 4000 Jones Bridge Toad
Chevy Chase
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USA - Notes
- Programmes on biomedical and scientific topics including biodiversity, the human brain, AIDS, genetics, and human weight regulation are supplied free on DVD, and a much larger range of videos, animations, lectures and virtual laboratories are available online via the Biointeractive section of the website http://www.hhmi.org/biointeractive/.
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