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Four Way Interview - Mark Hanson - November 2006

Our four-way interviews give a quick insight into the current thinking of a popular science author.

Mark Hanson has recently published Mismatch, a description of the way human beings have become a poor fit for our environment because of the way the modern world is out of tune with our evolved bodies.

Why science?

A new area of science is opening up – it brings together evolutionary, developmental biology and human medicine. Mismatch is about that. It has enormous consequences for the way in which we live our lives, not just in developed countries but in developing societies too. It explains why our contemporary world gives rise to obesity, heart disease, diabetes and to earlier puberty. These are not just due to lifestyle factors, nor just to our genes.

Why this book?

Mismatch is a novel concept which concerns everyone. The book focuses on major issues which affect the way we allocate resources to education, to health and treatment, and to young and old. We have explained these questions in a popular science book, accessible to a broad readership.

What’s next?

A public dialogue with government about the issues raised in Mismatch, and greater discussion between doctors, educators, economists and politicians about the implications of Mismatch.

What’s exciting you at the moment?

The prospect that, with a greater awareness of the issues, we can begin to halt the tide of diseases such as diabetes, heart disease and obesity in young people and to address the social and psychological consequences of the falling age of puberty.

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