Professor Sadaf Farooqi lecture on obesity 

Professor Sadaf Farooqi is an internationally renowned Cambridge clinician who identified the leading genetic cause of obesity.
In this fascinating talk marking International Women's Day 2024 at Murray Edwards College, one of Cambridge University's two colleges for women, Prof Farooqi explains the role of the hormone leptin in regulating weight.
She reveals how she discovered that some people inherit a particular gene that greatly increases the risk of obesity. Her research breakthrough means patients with this gene can now be diagnosed and better helped to maintain a healthy weight, avoiding obesity-related diseases including diabetes, heart disease and some cancers.
Prof Farooqi, a Fellow of Murray Edwards College, is a consultant at Cambridge University Hospitals and a researcher at The Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science at Cambridge University.

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