If so, is there really nothing you can do about it\u2014except take expensive, lifelong medication? And why did evolution think it was a good idea to make anyone fat when everyone in our society wants to be slim\u2026 or even skinny? Furthermore, is fat the same as being unhealthy, or is it possible to be fat and healthy?<\/p>\n
These are some of the controversial questions that Professor Ruth Loos<\/strong> will address in this conversation with journalist and writer Alberte Clement Meldal<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Ruth Loos has been researching our genetic predispositions to obesity for over 25 years. In the beginning, no one was particularly interested in her research. Today, however, everyone is \u2013 since the topic has become one of the most controversial and important when it comes to health policies all over the world.<\/p>\n Program for 26th September 2025<\/strong> 18.00 – 19.00 19:00-19:15 19:15 – 22.00 Ruth Loos<\/strong> is a professor at The Faculty of Health and Medical Science at University of Copenhagen and Professor and Vice Executive Director at Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research. She is interviewed by\u00a0Alberte Clement Meldal<\/p>\n Alberte Clement Meldal<\/strong> is\u00a0journalist and author of\u00a0Weightless \u2013 How I Stopped the War on My Body\u00a0(V\u00e6gtl\u00f8s \u2013 Hvordan jeg stoppede krigen mod min krop), published in 2022.<\/p>\n Meldal also hosted several podcasts on DR P1, including\u00a0Skinny and Happy?\u00a0and\u00a0I Am Naked. She is currently hosting\u00a0That\u2019s a Classic\u00a0\u2013 a show that talks about what the guests\u2019 favorite literature says about their lives.<\/p>\n The talk is in English.<\/p>\n Making Sense of It All (Verden fors\u00f8gt forklaret<\/strong>) is a series of conversations about what shapes our shared world. The guest of the week contributes with research-based perspectives on themes from the public conversation \u2013 what we talk about, vote about, argue about and gather about. Get smarter together with some of the country’s leading researchers when they give their take on what is up and down in current discussions from the intimate scene in the historic Copenhagen University Library in Fiolstr\u00e6de.<\/p>\n \u2018Verden fors\u00f8gt forklaret\u2019 is supported by the Novo Nordisk Foundation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" If so, is there really nothing you can do about it\u2014except take expensive, lifelong medication? And why did evolution think it was a good idea to make anyone fat when everyone in our society wants to be slim\u2026 or even skinny? Furthermore, is fat the same as being unhealthy, or is it possible to be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":180746,"template":"","class_list":["post-180745","event","type-event","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_category-foredrag"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nDoors open and Copenhagen University serves a glass of wine or water as part of the ticket price.<\/p>\n
\nScience Talk (app. 45 minutes) followed by questions from the audience (no break).<\/p>\n
\nHave a walk in the Library<\/p>\n
\nLibrary Bar with UCAPS & byStudents<\/p>\n