The Company has supported the Environment, Health and Societies Research Institute at Brunel for a decade – offering post-graduate bursaries and co-sponsoring lectures. Its Director, Professor Susan Jobling spoke at our Michaelmas Luncheon. The event was – The Big Question – What is really to blame for the obesity epidemic. The Panel Profs. Sir Stephen Bloom, Gerard Hastings, Juliette Legler BS Jonathan Secki’s contributions were moderated by BBC News’ Helen Briggs.
Arguments included: that evolution was to blame – we had not had time to adapt to our 21 Century life style, exacerbated by the marketing of fatty, sugary and salty products to children; endocrine disrupting chemicals put by us into the environment had contributed to our failure to stop eating at the right time, and other factors, such as low birth weight, was linked to childhood obesity. Managing eating was very difficult and exercise only partly compensated for the body’s determination to consume. A good lecture and worrying outcome.
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