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…
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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…
Research Shows Diet Beverages Play a Positive Role in Weight Loss Program
A new 12-week clinical study is the first prospective, randomized clinical trial to directly compare the effects of water and diet beverages on weight loss…
Deleting a Single Gene Reduces Fat Mass and Extends Lifespan of Mice by 20%
Researchers discover that mice without the FAT10 gene have an elevated metabolic rate, burn fat as fuel, exhibit reduced glucose and insulin levels, and age…
New Study Shows that IRX3 Is Likely the “Fat Gene”
A new study shows that the IRX3 gene controls body mass and regulates body composition, and appears to be the functional obesity gene. Mutations within…
Mitochondria Can Either Spur or Stop Obesity
In two newly published studies, researchers show how mitochondria play a key role in the body’s ability to control weight gain. Becoming obese or remaining…
UC Berkeley Study Links Sleep Deprivation to Junk Food Cravings
A UC Berkeley has linked sleep deprivation to junk food cravings, finding that high-level brain regions required for complex judgments and decisions become blunted by…
Researchers Link Genetic Mutation to Severe Obesity
Researchers have identified a genetic cause of severe obesity, finding that mice with the genetic mutation gained weight even while eating the same amount of…
Research Shows Obesity Can Be Predicted from Infancy
A newly published pilot study from Case Western Reserve University suggests that obesity can be predicted from infancy, finding that children who were normal weight…
Lack of Sleep Leads to Eating and Weight Gain
A new study from the University of Colorado Boulder suggests that a lack of sleep leads to eating and weight gain, finding that sleep-restricted people…
