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April 18, 2024

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Research Explores How a Father's Diet Could Shape the Health of His Offspring

Apr. 17, 2024 — A mice study suggests a father's diet may shape the anxiety of his sons and the metabolic health of his daughters before they are even ...

Family and Media Pressure to Lose Weight in Adolescence Linked to How People Value Themselves Almost Two Decades Later

Apr. 15, 2024 — People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of ...

Scientists Uncover a Missing Link Between Poor Diet and Higher Cancer Risk

Apr. 12, 2024 — A research team has unearthed new findings which may help explain the connection between cancer risk and poor diet, as well as common diseases like diabetes, which arise from poor diet. The insights gained from this study hold promise for advancing ...

This Outdated Diabetes Drug Still Has Something to Offer

Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have discovered the biochemical workings of an old-fashioned diabetes drug, and it's helping them develop new, safer ...

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Obese and Overweight Children at Risk of Iron Deficiency

Apr. 10, 2024 — Children and young people who are overweight or obese are at significantly higher risk of iron deficiency, according to a study by nutritional ...

Few Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetics Succeed in Losing Weight -- Weight Gain Linked to Much Higher Risk of Complications

Apr. 4, 2024 — A register-based study identified three distinct BMI trajectory groups among patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. In a four-year follow-up, ...

Feeding the Lonely Brain

Apr. 4, 2024 — A new study has found that women who perceive themselves to be lonely exhibited activity in regions of the brain associated with cravings and motivation towards eating especially when shown pictures ...

Women With Obesity Do Not Need to Gain Weight During Pregnancy, New Study Suggests

Mar. 28, 2024 — The guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy in obese women have long been questioned. New research supports the idea of lowering or removing the ...

Pilot Study Shows Ketogenic Diet Improves Severe Mental Illness

Apr. 1, 2024 — A small clinical trial found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the ...

Do Sweeteners Increase Your Appetite? New Evidence from Randomised Controlled Trial Says No

Mar. 28, 2024 — Replacing sugar with artificial and natural sweeteners in foods does not make people hungrier -- and also helps to reduce blood sugar levels, a ...

More Than One Billion People Around the Globe Are Facing Obesity

Mar. 27, 2024 — The prevalence of malnutrition across the globe was shared by the NCD Risk Factor Collaboration, a network of health scientists from around the world who provide and evaluate data on major risk ...

Keto Diet Prevents Early Memory Decline in Mice

Mar. 20, 2024 — A new study shows the keto diet prevents early memory decline in mice. A molecule in the diet plays a key role in slowing Alzheimer's ...

Fiber, Genes and the Gut Microbiome: Study Reveals Possible Triggers for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Mar. 20, 2024 — A new study finds a complex interplay between diet, genes, and the gut microbiota that could explain why IBD ...

Kallistatin Contributes to the Beneficial Metabolic Effects of Weight Loss

Mar. 18, 2024 — After weight loss, people with overweight and obesity express more of the protein Kallistatin in subcutaneous white adipose tissue. Kallistatin improves metabolism and could open up new therapeutic ...

Choosing Sugary Drinks Over Fruit Juice for Toddlers Linked to Risk of Adult Obesity

Apr. 12, 2024 — Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the risk of obesity in later life, according to a new ...

Less Obesity in 3 And 4-Year-Olds After the Pandemic, Swedish Study Finds

Mar. 25, 2024 — The prevalence of overweight and obesity in the group of 3- and 4-year-olds in Sweden has decreased after the pandemic. The increase during the pandemic thus appears to have been temporary, according ...

Metformin During Pregnancy Affects the Brain Development in Offspring Mice, Study Finds

Mar. 20, 2024 — With the rise in gestational diabetes and metabolic disorders during pregnancy, metformin is also being prescribed more frequently. Although it is known that the oral antidiabetic agent can cross the ...

Fatty Food Before Surgery May Impair Memory in Old, Young Adults

Mar. 15, 2024 — Eating fatty food in the days leading up to surgery may prompt a heightened inflammatory response in the brain that interferes for weeks with memory-related cognitive function in older adults -- and, ...

Middle-Age Obesity Is Caused by Changes in the Shape of Neurons in the Brain

Mar. 13, 2024 — Researchers discovered a mechanism behind middle-age obesity in rat brains. They believe that a similar mechanism exists in humans as well. This discovery may lead to improvements in preventing ...

Maternal Obesity May Promote Liver Cancer

Mar. 12, 2024 — Obesity, which could reach 50% of the population in certain developed countries by 2030, is a major public health concern. It not only affects the health of those who suffer from it, but could also ...

Sweetened Drinks Linked to Atrial Fibrillation Risk

Mar. 5, 2024 — An analysis of health data in the UK Biobank found a 20% higher risk of irregular heart rhythm, known as atrial fibrillation, among people who said they drank two liters or more per week (about 67 ...

Waist-to-Height Ratio Detects Fat Obesity in Children and Adolescents Significantly Better Than BMI

Mar. 5, 2024 — An inexpensive measure of obesity in children and adolescents that could replace body mass index (BMI) has been identified in a new study as waist circumference-to-height ratio. This measure detected ...

Study Identifies Multi-Organ Response to Seven Days Without Food

Mar. 1, 2024 — New findings reveal that the body undergoes significant, systematic changes across multiple organs during prolonged periods of fasting. The results demonstrate evidence of health benefits beyond ...

BPA Exposure Linked to Gut Microbiota, Childhood Obesity in New Study

Mar. 1, 2024 — Researchers found more unique bacteria taxa in children of normal weight than in overweight or obese children. The findings suggest that BPA exposure could promote different microbial communities in ...

Obesity Disrupts Normal Liver Function in Mice

Feb. 26, 2024 — Your liver plays a vital role in your metabolism, the biological process which converts food into energy. We know that being overweight can negatively affect metabolic activity, but not exactly how. ...

Metabolic Diseases May Be Driven by Gut Microbiome, Loss of Ovarian Hormones

Feb. 22, 2024 — Mice that received fecal implants from donors that had their ovaries removed gained more fat mass and had greater expression of liver genes associated with inflammation, Type 2 diabetes, fatty liver ...

Fasting-Like Diet Lowers Risk Factors for Disease, Reduces Biological Age in Humans

Feb. 20, 2024 — Cycles of a diet that mimics fasting can reduce signs of immune system aging, as well as insulin resistance and liver fat in humans, resulting in a lower biological age, according to a new ...

Bridging Diet, Microbes, and Metabolism: Implications for Metabolic Disorders

Feb. 20, 2024 — Mounting evidence suggests that the secret to understanding human health and combating metabolic diseases lies hidden within the microscopic world of our gut bacteria. Recent research reveals that a ...

Protein-Rich Breakfast Boosts Satiety and Concentration

Feb. 15, 2024 — A new study has explored the link between diet and cognitive function, and the results reveal that a protein-rich breakfast can increase satiety and improve concentration. This is important knowledge ...

Males Born to Obese Mothers More Likely to Suffer Health Issues as Adults

Feb. 6, 2024 — Males born to obese women are more likely to be overweight at birth and develop metabolic complications in later life, including liver disease and ...

New Weight Loss Medication May Help Lower Blood Pressure in Adults With Obesity

Feb. 5, 2024 — Weight loss medication reduced both day and nighttime blood pressure levels, finds new ...

Weight Loss Surgery Most Effective for Long-Term Blood Pressure Control

Feb. 5, 2024 — Bariatric surgery is more effective in controlling hypertension rates, or high blood pressure, in people with obesity and uncontrolled high blood pressure compared to blood pressure medication alone, ...

Disrupted Cellular Function Behind Type 2 Diabetes in Obesity

Feb. 1, 2024 — Disrupted function of 'cleaning cells' in the body may help to explain why some people with obesity develop type 2 diabetes, while others do not. A study describes this newly discovered ...

Healthy Diet Early in Life Seems to Protect Against Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Jan. 31, 2024 — Having a high dietary intake of fish and vegetables at 1 year of age, and a low intake of sugar beverages, seems to protect against inflammatory bowel disease. These are the findings of a study with ...