Introduction Scientists have found some evidence that our weight is not just controlled by what we eat. Research published in the journal PLOS Genetics, explains how twin studies have shown that about 40% of the variation in a person’s weight is influenced by their genes. Neil and Dan talk about diets and serve you a tasty helping of vocabulary. This week's questionWhat's the name of the popular diet that involves avoiding eating carbohydrates but involves eating as much fat and protein as they want? Is it… a) The Mediterranean diet b) The Atkins diet c) The Graham diet Listen to the programme to find out the answer. Vocabularypaunch
fat stomach that mostly men have skinny
very thin willpower
controlling your own behaviour to achieve something come to terms (with something)
start to accept the difficult or unpleasant situation you are in judgemental
quick to criticise people based on your own beliefs burst
sudden and short increase in something Transcript Note: This is not a word for word transcript
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