The dogma pedaled by the mainstream media and the public health lobby is that the current obesity epidemic is a problem of self control in rich countries that overindulge in sugar and highly processed foods. Newly published long term studies of unvaccinated children, when compared with their vaccinated peers, tends not to support this view. Dr Stuart Bramhall will share findings from some of these studies, as well as common holistic treatments of insulin resistance, a common cause of excess weight gain.