Professor Paul Gately
CEO, MoreLife
Professor of Exercise and Obesity at Leeds Beckett University, UK
Professor Paul Gately is CEO of MoreLife and a Professor of Exercise and Obesity at Leeds Beckett University; he is also a visiting professor in the Department of Surgery and Cancer at Imperial College London.
Paul has an unshakable passion to support those struggling with their weight or wanting to become more healthy, by making small achievable changes. He founded MoreLife following the success of the first MoreLife summer camp in 1999. As a Professor of Obesity and Exercise at Leeds Beckett University, Paul has the professional credibility to understand the complex needs of obesity, but it is his personal commitment to raising awareness and inspiring action to tackle the global problem of obesity (especially childhood obesity) that makes him inspirational. As well as splitting his time between Leeds Beckett University and Morelife (UK) Ltd, Paul acts as an advisor to government agencies, businesses and charities and can often be seen offering his expert opinion on TV.
Paul is the Principle Investigator on Public Health England’s Whole Systems Approach to Obesity and he is the Co-director of the Obesity Institute at Leeds Beckett University. His primary research interest is adult and childhood obesity treatment strategies but he has a focus on the use of systems approaches to tackle the wider determinants of obesity. Paul is also the Interim CEO of Obesity UK a members led charity.
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