Scientists Create a Mouse That Eats Fat But Doesn’t Get Fat, Possible Treatment for Obesity
Yale scientists set out to create a morbidly obese mouse. They failed miserably. What they found was much more interesting. “We created a mouse that…
Obesity
Coffee Consumption During Pregnancy Linked to Child Obesity
A study published in the BMJ Open journal shows that even moderate coffee consumption during pregnancy, one to two cups per day, is related to…
Zero-Calorie Sweeteners Linked to Dramatic Increase in Diabetes and Obesity
Increased awareness of the health consequences of eating too much sugar has fueled a dramatic uptick in the consumption of zero-calorie artificial sweeteners in recent…
New Insight on RNA Molecule miR-33 & Its Role in Heart Disease, Obesity
A tiny RNA molecule plays a big role in the development of two diseases affecting billions of people worldwide: heart disease and obesity. Yale researchers…
New Study Links Inflammation from Obesity To Male Infertility
A new study sheds light on how obesity may contribute to male infertility. Published in open-access journal Frontiers in Physiology, the study reports that obese…
Have A Fat Cat? Here Is The Diet They Need To Follow To Lose Weight
Does your cat lay around all day, only getting up to eat and visit the litter box? Chances are, he’s overweight. Maybe you’ve switched to…
Micro-Needle Patch Turns Energy-Storing Fats Into Energy-Burning Fats
A new approach to reducing bulging tummy fats has shown promise in laboratory trials. It combines a new way to deliver drugs, via a micro-needle…
Obesity Alters the Long-Term Fitness of Bone Marrow Cells
New research published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine highlights the pernicious effect of obesity on the long-term health of blood-making stem cells (hematopoietic stem…
New Research Shows Alarming Obesity Projections for Kids in U.S.
If current U.S. trends continue, more than 57 percent of today’s youth will be obese at age 35, according to a new study from Harvard…
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…
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…