Can early drug intervention prevent weight gain in children with mental illness?
UH pharmacologist puts metformin to the testCredit: University of Houston A University of Houston pharmacological researcher believes that prescribing the ...
Tag: Diet/Body Weight
An avocado a day keeps your gut microbes happy
Credit: College of ACES, University of Illinois. URBANA, Ill. - Eating avocado as part of your daily diet can help ...
FARI publishes new research on omega-3s and heart rate recovery
Credit: Fatty Acid Research Institute The Fatty Acid Research Institute (FARI) has published a new research paper in conjunction with ...
Listen to the birds: illegal diet pill DNP might kill you on the long run
Credit: Cédric Sueur Weight loss appears as a holy grail in our modern societies. DNP (2,4-dinitrophenol), a molecule decreasing the ...
Participation in competitive sport in adolescence brings midlife health benefits to women
Higher lean mass and bone density and better physical performance at midlife were associated with competitive sport participation at the ...
Convenient antioxidant capacity measurement of food
A new sheet-type electrochemical antioxidant capacity measurement system for quick and easy resultsCredit: Professor Masashi Kunitake Researchers from Kumamoto University ...
Better health – for people and the planet – grows on trees
Tropical fruit trees can improve health, reduce hunger, boost incomes and fight climate change; so why don't we grow and ...
Nelson awarded $4.5 million to study prevention and treatment of metastatic breast cancer
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Professor of Molecular and Integrative Physiology Erik Nelson has won a $4.5M Era of Hope Scholar ...
Salt wars: The battle over the biggest killer in the American diet by Michael F. Jacobson
Available now from The MIT PressCredit: The MIT Press A high-sodium diet is deadly; studies have linked it to high ...
Menstrual dysfunction is more common among young athletes than among non-athletes
Athletes experience less body weight dissatisfaction than non-athletes doCredit: University of Jyväskylä Menstrual dysfunction is more prevalent in young Finnish ...
High fat or ‘ketogenic’ diets could prevent, reverse heart failure
Credit: Saint Louis University ST. LOUIS - Research from Saint Louis University finds that high fat or "ketogenic" diets could ...
Researchers identify how night-shift work causes internal clock confusion
Cell secretions during shift changes disrupt body clock alignment and raise risk of health issuesCredit: Justin Kelley, MD Night-shift workers ...
Bacterial metabolism of dietary soy may lower risk factor for dementia
Credit: Tim Betler/UPMC EMBARGOED FOR RELEASE UNTIL 7 A.M. ET, THURSDAY, OCT. 22, 2020 PITTSBURGH, Oct. 22, 2020 - A ...
Virtual Reality health appointments can help patients address eating disorders
Research has revealed that Virtual Reality (VR) technology can have significant impact on the validity of remote health appointments for ...
Obesity Medicine Association announces major updates to its Pediatric Obesity Algorithm
Updates help clinicians address chronic disease of obesity, identified as the most common cause of prevalent patient conditionsCredit: Obesity Medicine ...
Higher average life expectancy after obesity surgery
Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson People who have undergone obesity (bariatric) surgery live three years longer, on average, than those ...
Skeletal muscle development and regeneration mechanisms vary by gender
The functional importance of estrogen receptor betaCredit: Associate Professor Yusuke Ono Researchers at Kumamoto University, Japan generated mice lacking the ...
Factors that increase or decrease suicidal behavior risk in adolescents
Credit: Image credit: Heni D. Windarwati An analysis of relevant studies published to date has identified certain risk factors associated ...
Underreported and overlooked: Study shows severity of childhood obesity in Guam
University of Guam research fills gap in Pacific Islander health collection dataCredit: University of Guam More than 27 percent of ...
A tale of two cesspits: DNA reveals intestinal health in Medieval Europe and Middle East
New research proves the feasibility of retrieving bacterial DNA from ancient latrinesCredit: Uldis Kal?jis A new study published this week ...