Anthropology

Food insecurity of fatness: from evolutionary ecology to social science

Jul 8, 2019
This podcast explores the evolutionary, biological, and social science questions related to food insecurity and fatness. It debunks the 'No Breaks Hypothesis', discusses the mismatch between evolutionary motivations and social science understanding of obesity, and explores the correlation between food insecurity and obesity. It also explores the adaptive decision-making process of how much to eat for survival, presents an experiment on starlings' body mass regulation, and discusses the impact of food insecurity on foraging behavior in birds.
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