Giles Yeo

Giles Yeo is a geneticist with over 20 years' experience dedicated to researching obesity and the brain control of food intake. He obtained his PhD from the University of Cambridge and assisted the pioneering research that uncovered key pathways in how the brain controls food intake. His current research focuses on the influence of genetics in our relationship with food and eating habits. He is based at the MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, and is the author of Gene Eating, a Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year. He lives in Cambridge with his family.