Intelligent testing could save lives by defusing ticking time bomb of liver disease
A new way of detecting liver disease decades before it can become fatal has been developed by a team of ...
Tag: Eating Disorders/Obesity
Research journal publishes first-ever obesity-focused education competencies
Competencies aim to improve obesity medicine education for schools, healthcare professionals DENVER--Today, the research journal Obesity published the study "Development ...
Could coffee be the secret to fighting obesity?
Scientists from the University of Nottingham have discovered that drinking a cup of coffee can stimulate 'brown fat', the body's ...
New reports provide guidance for obesity care
SILVER SPRING, Md.--Advocates for obesity prevention and treatment have designed two new resources for medical educators, healthcare providers and community ...
Researchers find new mutation in the leptin gene
'Hunger hormone' imbalance can trigger obesityCredit: Texas Biomed San Antonio, Texas (June 19, 2019) - The global obesity epidemic is ...
Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain
Credit: Baylor College of Medicine After fasting for 24 hours the typical laboratory mouse spends much time eating. Surprisingly, this ...
Yale-led study reveals biology of leptin, the hunger hormone
New Haven, Conn. -- In a new study, Yale researchers offer insight into leptin, a hormone that plays a key ...
Do video games drive obesity?
A chubby teen lolling on the sofa for hours on end, the game controller in one hand, a bag of ...
The app teaching anorexics to eat again
More patients go into long-term remission by re-learning how to eat, than through CBT or drugsCredit: Copyright © 2018, Journal ...
New Cochrane Review assesses evidence on ways to reduce consumption of sugary drinks
Consumption of sugary drinks is considered to be a key driver behind the global obesity epidemic, and is linked with ...
Vitamin D and estradiol help guard against heart disease, stroke, and diabetes
New study demonstrates synergistic effects of vitamin D and estradiol deficiency on metabolic syndrome CLEVELAND, Ohio (June 12, 2019)--Vitamin D ...
Gender affects the correlation between depression and weight in children and adolescents
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, June 13, 2019--The results of a large community-based study ...
Curbing your enthusiasm for overeating
UC Riverside-led mouse study focuses on cannabis-like molecules that augment feeding behaviorCredit: UCR/Stan Lim. RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- Signals between our ...
UC Riverside receives its first cannabis grant
School of Medicine's Nicholas DiPatrizio will lead a team tasked with assessing the impact of long-term cannabis exposure on metabolic ...
Sleeping with artificial light at night associated with weight gain in women
Eliminating light while sleeping could reduce obesityCredit: NIEHS Sleeping with a television or light on in the room may be ...
Does obesity increase risk of being a bullying victim, perpetrator, or both?
Credit: (c) 2019 Mary Ann Liebert, Inc., publishers New Rochelle, NY, May 28, 2019--A new study has shown that obese ...
Body fat distribution linked to higher risk of aggressive prostate cancer
In the first prospective study of directly measured body fat distribution and prostate cancer risk, investigators found that higher levels ...
Do policies targeting sugary drinks pay off?
New research suggests that taxes and health warnings could bring significant health and economic benefits by cutting consumption of sugar-sweetened ...
Combination medication helps patients with type 2 diabetes maintain blood sugar goals
Randomized, clinical trial found that patients taking IDegLira achieved and maintained blood glucose goals longer than those taking insulin only ...
Diabetes can be detected in gut of cats
The cat is the only animal, aside from humans and primates, which spontaneously develops type 2 diabetes. Therefore, researchers are ...