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Nicholas Timpson, professor of Genetic Epidemiology at the University of Bristol, talks about genetic contribution to obesity, the microbiome's potential role in obesity, and the achievement of weight change through interventions such as surgery or caloric restrictions. Timpson's research focuses on the application of genetic epidemiology to the dissection of potentially causal relationships between modifiable risk factors and complex health outcomes. His programmatic work specifically focuses on understanding body mass index (BMI) as a risk factor - using a variety of study designs and molecular phenotyping to examine pathways to disease and intervention effects. His talk is followed by Q&A with such questions as "Why do some of us get fat in the same food environments and others don't?".

This talk was presented at the recent "Food for Thought 2023: Rising to the challenge of obesity and diabetes" conference held by Swiss Re Institute and The BMJ.