Children looking at screens in darkness before bedtime are at risk of poor sleep
Pre-teens who use a mobile phone or watch TV in the dark an hour before bed are at risk of ...
Tag: Eating Disorders/Obesity
Jeffrey Gordon wins the Frontiers of Knowledge Award for pioneering microbiome research
The American researcher wins the BBVA Foundation award in the category of Biology and Biomedicine for his fundamental discovery of ...
Women gain weight when job demands are high
Credit: Photo by Malin Arnesson Heavy pressures at work seem to predispose women to weight gain, irrespective of whether they ...
Medications could fill treatment gap for adolescents with obesity
Twelve independent pediatric obesity medicine and surgery specialists, led by experts at Boston Medical Center (BMC), outline an urgent need ...
New insights into why we crave fatty foods when dieting
GALVESTON, Texas - Have you ever wondered why we crave the very foods that we try to avoid when dieting? ...
Low-cost changes in hospital canteens could 'nudge' customers to healthier diets
Increasing proportion of healthy options, making them easier to reach and reducing portion size were most effective Low or zero-cost ...
UTSA researchers: Those with inadequate access to food likely to suffer from obesity
Credit: Courtesy of UTSA Communications (San Antonio, Jan. 23, 2019) -- According to the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, ...
Researchers identify brain cells likely involved in memories of eating that influence next meal
Credit: Georgia State University ATLANTA--Brain cells involved in memory play an important role after a meal in reducing future eating ...
Wired for obesity
Scientists are piecing together how genes involved in neural development can affect body weightCredit: Dr. Sebastien Bouret, CHLA Leading a ...
New study identifies specific obesity-related risk factors for kidney cancer
Credit: Courtesy Spectrum Health GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - A new study confirms the long-suspected role of obesity as a risk ...
Cardiovascular diseases and nutrition in Europe: A lot of premature deaths preventable
Credit: MLU Of the 4.3 million cardiovascular deaths in Europe in 2016, 2.1 million were the result of poor nutrition. ...
Carrots or candy bars? Context shapes choice of healthy foods
Food choices may be affected by what sits close by on the supermarket shelfCredit: Credit - Photo courtesy of Scott ...
Stressed mothers — overweight children
In the mother-child study LiNA, which is coordinated by the UFZ, they found that the perceived stress of the mother ...
Maternal programming during pregnancy induces long-term postpartum obesity
In mouse study, researchers find it's not the added calories but the long-term reduction in energy expended During normal pregnancy, ...