# The Hunt for the Fat Gene

An episode of [Science Talk](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/122384595), 16 Sep 2015, 34 min.

Audio: https://traffic.megaphone.fm/SAM2258046135.mp3?updated=1702506262

Medical researcher Richard Johnson, of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, talks about his October Scientific American article "The Fat Gene," co-authored by anthropologist Peter Andrews of University College London and the Natural History Museum in London. Their piece is about how a genetic mutation in prehistoric apes may underlie today’s pandemic of obesity and diabetes Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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