Tag: Diet/Body Weight

A certain proportion of the adult population has not only white adipose (or fatty) tissue, but also the brown kind. ...

Characters on labels affect desire to buy healthy versus decadent foodsCredit: Brigham Young University Stories about villains and heroes have ...

A diet based on Mediterranean principles enhances the effect of these drugs in patients who already had a heart attack ...

Credit: Photo courtesy of Pixabay https://pixabay.com/en/beef-bread-bun-burger-cheese-1239198/ Seeing pictures of food with calorie information not only makes food less appetizing but ...

A study by scientists at the Keck School of Medicine of USC provides new insight on how dietary fat and ...

Credit: Photo by Agneta Engelbrektsson Alm In five-year-old children, the risk for overweight is almost twice as high if they ...

Credit: iStock.com/theasis Researchers at the University of Arizona have discovered that metformin, a drug commonly used to treat type 2 ...

Women who were born with a low birthweight are at increased risk of pregnancy complications, according to a new Obesity ...

Food insecurity--difficulty affording enough food to support regular, balanced meals--was associated with increased likelihoods of binge-eating disorder and obesity in ...

UMass Lowell wins $2.6 million grant to study bone health in men LOWELL, Mass. - Osteoporosis, a bone disease that ...

MADISON, Wis. -- More than 700 million adults and children worldwide are obese, according to a 2017 study that called ...

New Orleans, LA - Research led by Suresh Alahari, PhD, Fred Brazda Professor of Biochemistry and Microbiology at LSU Health ...

Credit: Kristin Messina, UConn Rudd Center Hartford, CT - Implementing strong school nutrition policies is associated with healthier weight trajectories ...

New Haven, Conn. -- In-school nutrition policies and programs that promote healthier eating habits among middle school students limit increases ...

Physical activity + weight reduction could lessen chances of tumor development Rockville, Md. (December 12, 2018)--New research suggests that exercise ...

Prevalence has increased rapidly in most countries across all population groups Policies, economic systems, and marketing practices that promote the ...

Folate deficiency creates more problems in connection with DNA replication than researchers had hitherto assumed, researchers from the University of ...

Study first to use high-intensity interval exercise on obese individuals to test effects on cognitive dysfunctionCredit: Department of Exercise Science ...

Study patients achieved goals with real-time access to dietitians and physiciansCredit: Houston Methodist Breast cancer survivors who used a smartphone ...