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Weight control is a mystery

Why is it so hard to control your weight? It is a fundamental question that many people ask in their lives.

It should be very straightforward to eat more or less calories than the amount that one burns. But it is by no means that simple, according to Professor Thorkild I.A. Sørensen, from the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Copenhagen, who is interviewed by science journalist Jens Degett on a very cold and windy November day in Copenhagen.

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