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What evolution reveals about eating, dieting and fat

Fresh Air by NPR

Aug 17, 202645:40Arts

When you’re dieting to lose weight, human evolution is often working against you. We’ll talk about why with Daniel Lieberman, author of Fed Up and founder of Harvard’s Department of Evolutionary Biology. He spoke with Te...

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What evolution reveals about eating, dieting and fat is an episode from Fresh Air by NPR. When you’re dieting to lose weight, human evolution is often working against you. We’ll talk about why with Daniel Lieberman, author of Fed Up and fou...

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Published Aug 17, 2026, 45:40 long, audio available.