Summer picks: what can our dogs teach us about obesity?
Science Weekly
00:00
Genetic Influences on Body Weight and Feeding Behavior
This chapter explores the strong genetic influences on body weight, revealing that heritability ranges from 40 to 70 percent. It discusses the brain's role in integrating hormonal signals to regulate hunger, compares genetic variations in dogs and humans, and highlights the complexity of over a thousand identified genes linked to body weight.
Transcript
Play full episode
