Will Lassek M.D.

About

Will Lassek received his B.A. and M.D. degrees from Boston University and is currently Assistant Professor of Epidemiology at the Graduate School of Public Health at the University of Pittsburgh and Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of California at Santa Barbara.

He served in the United States Public Health Service for twenty-five years where he was an Assistant Surgeon General and received the Outstanding Service Medal. In collaboration with Dr. Steven Gaulin, he is the author of a number of papers relating to the evolutionary relationships between human biology and psychology and is the senior author of the book Why Women Need Fat available in January, 2012. He lives in Pittsburgh with his family.

Books by Will Lassek M.D.

Recent Posts

"Darwin Made Me Fat!"

Even though many Americans say they don’t accept Darwin’s theory of evolution, we are happy to blame our Stone-Age genes for the current American obesity epidemic. But we had the same Stone-Age genes forty years ago when very few Americans were obese.

Why Are We Eating so Much More Than We Used to?

As we all participate in the American obesity epidemic, almost everyone is heavier today than their counterparts of 40 years earlier. Why?

Do Men Find Very Skinny Women Attractive?

We are often asked why men find super-skinny fashion models so attractive? The answer is: They don't.

Lose Ten Pounds by March? Why It's Not a Good Idea

Why weight loss diets are doomed to fail.

Hey Kids, Eat Yourselves Smart!

Is it possible that what kind of fats children eat can influence how well they think? And could industrial food production be eating away at our children's brain power?