Title:
Science of fat [videorecording] / produced by Sutherland Media Productions, Inc. for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute ; producer, Ann DeStefano Sutherland ; director, Wally Ashby.
Publication Information:
Chevy Chase, MD : Howard Hughes Medical Institute, c2005.
Call Number:
RC628 .S354 2005 DISCS 1-2
Abstract:
In four thought-provoking presentations, Dr. Ronald M. Evans and Dr. Jeffrey Friedman discuss the complex biological systems that control body weight and energy metabolism--and how a better genetic understanding of these processes could lead researchers to treatments that curb obesity and imporve public health.
Series Title:
Holiday lectures on science
Edition:
Version 1.0.
Series:
Holiday lectures on science
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
General Note:
The discs include: Four full-length presentations; detailed chapter search by scientific topic; direct access to animations; interviews with the speakers; special features on molecular structures of fat, fat metabolism, and measuring obesity.
Contents:
Disc 1. Lecture 1. Deconstructing obesity / Jeffrey M. Friedman -- Lecture 2. Understanding fat : syndrome X and beyond / Ronald M. Evans -- Lecture 3. Balancing the fat equation / Ronald M. Evans -- Lecture 4. Exploring obesity : from the depths of the brain to the far Pacific / Jeffrey M. Freidman -- Disc 2. Discussion sessions and interviews.