Mads Tang-Christensen: The brain science of obesity

- Both genes and environment plays tgt in causing obesity. Environment is sometimes more influential (junk food).

- GLP-1 is a hormone and a signal molecule, thats produced both in the gut and in the brain.
GLP-1 has an effect on nerve cells sitting in areas that control whether we ear or not. If we increase the level of GLP-1, the body's desire to eat or overeat food gets turned off.

GLP-1 interacts with other signal molecules and hormones, goes tgt and control food intake, body weight and the control of eating behavior.

- We have engineered and created the molecule, so we now have a molecule that can lead to a significant weight loss. Obviously GLP-1 is not the whole answer. Other found molecule may end up playing a more important role than GLP-1.