Do Community Factors Affect Your Weight?
A newly published study from Yale University shows that community-level factors may be associated with reduced adult obesity rates in counties within states that have…
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Neuroscientists Identify Two Key Groups of Neurons That Help Regulate Appetite
In a newly published study, Scientists from MIT have identify two key groups of neurons within the hypothalamus that help regulate appetite. MIT neuroscientists have…
How Altered Gut Microbes Cause Obesity
New research from Yale University details how altered gut microbiota causes obesity. Obesity is linked to changes in our gut microbes — the trillions of…
Yale Researchers Show Parents Underestimate Their Children’s Weight
A new study form Yale University details how some parents underestimate their children’s weight, a misperception with important implications for clinical prevention and treatment of…
Yale Researchers Identify Molecular Link between Obesity and Fatty Liver Disease
The high levels of obesity in the United States contribute to fatty liver disease, the most common form of liver disease. A newly published study…
Harvard Studies Show Improvements in U.S. Diet Lower Premature Deaths
Two newly published studies from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shed light on critical dietary issues facing Americans. The first study showed…
Harvard Researchers Explain the Reason for Genetic Obesity
Researchers from Harvard Medical School and MIT reeval a genetic circuit that controls whether our bodies burn or store fat. Like many other conditions, obesity…
Researchers Discover Pathway That Controls Metabolism
By analyzing the cellular circuitry underlying the strongest genetic association with obesity, a team of researchers from MIT and Harvard Medical School have unveiled a…
Researchers Increase Energy-Burning Brown Fat Cells
A team of researchers has discovered a way to increase energy-burning human brown fat cells and to make them more active, a discovery that could…
Energy Drinks Significantly Increase Hyperactivity and Inattention in Children
New research from Yale University shows that middle-school children who consume heavily sweetened energy drinks are 66% more likely to be at risk for hyperactivity…
Study Reveals Weight Training Targets Age-Related Abdominal Fat
New research from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health shows that weight training helps target age-related abdominal fat in men. Healthy men who…
Study Reveals High-Fat Diet Harms Stem Cells in Developing Fetus
A newly published study shows that a diet high in fat during pregnancy harms stem cells in the developing fetus. Physician-scientists at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s…
A Pill to Shed Fat? Researchers Turn White Fat Cells Into Brown Fat Cells
Scientists from Harvard have created a system using human stem cells to screen for compounds that have the potential to turn white fat cells into…
American Obesity Costs the Nation Billions in Lost Productivity
A new study from Yale University provides state-level estimates of obesity-attributable costs of absenteeism among working adults in the United States, finding that the total…
Researchers Discover a New Signaling Pathway to Combat Excess Body Weight
An international team of researchers has discovered a new signaling molecule capable of activating brown fat cells. The number of overweight persons is greatly increasing…
UCLA Study Shows That Obesity Accelerates Aging of the Liver
A newly published study is the first to evaluate the effect of body weight on the biological ages of a variety of human tissues, revealing…
Researchers Uncover Molecular Process in the Brain that Transforms White Fat into Brown Fat
Yale scientists uncover how a molecular process in the brain that known to control eating transforms white fat into brown fat, impacting how much energy…
Counties With a Higher Number of Dentists Per Capita Have Lower Rates of Obesity
New research from Yale University shows that counties with a higher number of dentists per capita have strikingly lower rates of obesity, finding that counties…