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SUMMARY:Seminar – 17 November 2016 – Dr Clare Llewellyn
DESCRIPTION:All are invited to the CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar: \nGreedy genes: the role of appetite in genetic susceptibility to obesity\n\nDr Clare Llewellyn\, Department of Epidemiology & Public Health\, University College London.\n\nMeeting Rooms 1&2\, MRC Epidemiology Unit\, Level 3\, Institute of Metabolic Science\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\nAbstract\nThere is considerable variation in early weight gain\, despite the ubiquity of the ‘obesogenic’ food environment; some children gain excessive weight\, while others do not. Genetic susceptibility to the environment is thought to explain some of the variation in early weight gain\, with differences in appetite being implicated as the mediating mechanism\, so-called ‘Behavioural Susceptibility Theory’ (BST). BST hypothesises that children who inherit a more avid appetite\, and lower sensitivity to satiety\, are more likely to overeat in response to the modern food environment and to gain excessive weight. This talk summarises the role of appetite in early weight gain and eating behaviour\, using data from Gemini – the largest twin birth cohort ever set up to study genetic and environmental influences on early growth. \nAbout Dr Llewellyn\nDr Clare Llewellyn is a Lecturer in Behavioural Obesity Research at UCL’s Health Behaviour Research Centre\, and leads the Obesity Research Group. She is also an honorary Research Fellow at Liverpool University. After an initial career in the pharmaceutical industry\, Clare retrained as a Psychologist\, undertaking an MSc and PhD at UCL\, and post-doctoral training at UCL and King’s College London. Her research interest is understanding how genes and the environment interact to promote excessive weight gain in early life\, with a focus on eating behaviour. In 2007\, with Professor Jane Wardle she helped establish Gemini\, the largest population-based birth cohort of twins ever set up to study genetic and environmental contributions to early life growth. Clare currently leads the Gemini study. She is also a Trustee for the UK Association for the Study of Obesity\, and recently established their first London Regional Group. \nSign up for future seminars\n[gravityform id=”1″ name=”CEDAR/MRC Epidemiology Seminar Series sign-up” title=”false”]
URL:https://www.epi.ims.cam.ac.uk/event/seminar-17-november-2016-dr-clare-llewellyn/
LOCATION:MRC Epidemiology meeting rooms 1&2\, Level 3 IMS\, Cambridge Biomedical Campus\, Cambridge\, CB2 0SL\, United Kingdom
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