Norman Swann

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14,464 appearances 150 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2005 last heard Feb 2013

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And now you're trying to manipulate, rather than just rely on people having a nap, whether or not you can actually dial up a certain sleep stage. voice-verified
What medications dial up certain stages of sleep? voice-verified
Sarah Mednick is in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Diego. voice-verified
I'm Norman Swan and you've been listening to The Health Report. voice-verified
If you want to make a comment on any of our stories, go back to the website and click on the story and you can send in your comments. voice-verified
Maybe even occasionally I might reply to them. voice-verified
I'll see you next time. voice-verified
Hello, it's Norman Swann here with The Health Report.
Welcome.
In this program, new ways of looking at how we eat rather than what we eat and the difference it makes to our chances of putting on weight.
US research, which is treating food as an addictive substance in obese children, and British research from University College London on how a lot of this might be driven by the genes we've inherited.
Claire Lwellan is in UCL's Department of Epidemiology and Public Health.
And there's this conundrum which is that if you have a genetic tendency to obesity, why we had the explosion in the last few years?
We should have always been fat.
You've got to be exposed to the environment to get it.
So it's like saying you've got a genetic tendency to lung cancer, but if you never see a cigarette, you're never going to know.
hypothesis is we've had a boom in junk food in the since the war.
And you've been looking at a particular gene.
This doesn't turn you into a sphere.
And you looked at this gene with the environment in children?
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