Posts Tagged ‘obesity’
Protein released from fat after exercise improves blood glucose
It’s well-known that exercise improves health, but understanding how it makes you healthier on a molecular level is the question researchers at Joslin Diabetes Center are answering. …
Read Full ArticleIndividualized diets are most effective for managing blood sugar levels
An individualized diet based on a person’s genetics, microbiome and lifestyle is more effective in controlling blood glucose (sugar) levels than one that considers only nutritional composition of food, …
Read Full ArticleHigh-risk sexually transmitted HPV infection associated with increased cardiovascular risk
Infection with high-risk strains of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which have been linked to cancer, might increase the risk of heart and blood vessel or cardiovascular disease, …
Read Full ArticleResearchers reveal prostate tumors ‘fed’ by fatty acids
An international multidisciplinary study initiated by Melbourne scientists has shown a link between prostate cancer and the uptake of fatty acids by cancer cells. …
Read Full ArticleObesity-related cancers rising in young adults in the US
A new study finds rates are increasing for six of 12 cancers related to obesity in younger adults in the United States, with steeper increases in progressively younger ages and successively younger generations. …
Read Full ArticleThe dangers of hidden fat: Exercise is your best defense against deep abdominal fat
Scientists know that the type of fat you can measure with a tape isn’t the most dangerous. But what is the most effective way to fight internal, visceral fat that you cannot see or feel? …
Read Full ArticleIdentity crisis of satiety neurons leads to obesity
Obesity – as research in the past decade has shown – is first and foremost a brain disease. Researchers at Helmholtz Zentrum München, partners in the German Center for Diabetes Research, have now discovered …
Read Full ArticleCalorie restriction prevents asthma symptoms linked to inflammation in mice
Experimenting with mice, Johns Hopkins Medicine researchers report that a low-calorie diet prevented asthma symptoms regardless of the diet’s fat and sugar content. …
Read Full ArticleOur genes affect where fat is stored in our bodies
A recent study from Uppsala University has found that whether you store your fat around the trunk or in other parts of your body is highly influenced by genetic factors and that this effect is present predominantly in women …
Read Full ArticleWired for obesity
Leading a unique, collaborative research study with scientists across the globe, investigators at the University of Cambridge and Children’s Hospital Los Angeles have pinpointed a set of molecules that wire the body weight …
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