Not So Fast Blaming Slow Metabolism for Midlife Weight Gain

Herman Pontzer, PhD, associate professor of evolutionary anthropology and global health, Duke University, Durham, NC.

Science: “Daily energy expenditure through the human life course,” “Taking the long view on metabolism.”

John R. Speakman, PhD, biologist, Energetics Research Group, University of Aberdeen, United Kingdom.

Timothy Rhoads, PhD, School of Medicine and Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Rozalyn Anderson, PhD, Geriatric Research, Education, and Clinical Center, William S. Middleton Memorial Veterans Hospital, Madison, WI.