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MWC experts provide insights on obesity epidemic

20 March 2018

Maurice Wilkins Centre Deputy Director Professor Peter Shepherd and Associate Investigator Associate Professor Justin O’Sullivan recently spoke to Jamie Morton, Science Reporter for the New Zealand Herald, about the problem of obesity in New Zealand.

In Jamie’s aptly titled article ‘Weighty challenge: Untangling obesity’s hidden picture’, Professor Shepherd and Associate Professor O’Sullivan provided insights into the complex range of factors that can cause obesity, why some people are more at risk than others, and what treatments of the future may look like. Click here to read the full article.