Wednesday, October 23, 8PM @ the Bell House, FREE! Secret Science Club & the Albert and Mary Lasker Foundation present the 2013 Lasker Public Lecture with Biologist Jeffrey Friedman
It’s time you started loving your love handles. Your body fat isn't just sitting there jiggling. It’s actually producing essential hormones. No one suspected such a thing until biologist Jeffrey Friedman co-discovered the hormone leptin, and the surprising fact that it regulates food intake and body weight.
So, if you thought it was sheer willpower keeping you from eating those cupcakes, think again. In fact, Friedman’s research shows that without the leptinproduced in our fat cells—which tells our brains, “You’re full for now!”—all of us would be chowing down non-stop.
Jeffrey Friedman’s seminal discovery completely transformed how “fat” is viewed—and set off a tidal wave of new research on body weight and what governs it. Dr. Friedman discusses: --The average American eats over 800,000 calories each year. Yet, most of us maintain our body weight within a fairly narrow range. How? --How does leptin relate to weight loss, dieting, and the obesity epidemic? Are there biological proc…
So, if you thought it was sheer willpower keeping you from eating those cupcakes, think again. In fact, Friedman’s research shows that without the leptinproduced in our fat cells—which tells our brains, “You’re full for now!”—all of us would be chowing down non-stop.
Jeffrey Friedman’s seminal discovery completely transformed how “fat” is viewed—and set off a tidal wave of new research on body weight and what governs it. Dr. Friedman discusses: --The average American eats over 800,000 calories each year. Yet, most of us maintain our body weight within a fairly narrow range. How? --How does leptin relate to weight loss, dieting, and the obesity epidemic? Are there biological proc…
