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An international team of scientists is one step closer to unlocking the molecular mechanisms at work in fat tissue, which could ultimately lead to treatments to effortlessly ‘switch on’ calorie burning.Continue ReadingCategory: ScienceTags: Obesity, Un… Continue reading New weapon found in fight to combat obesity, diabetes
Overweight and obesity have been associated with many health problems, including cancer. A new study has found a link between excess weight and the risk of developing gastrointestinal cancer.Continue ReadingCategory: Health & Wellbeing, LifestyleTa… Continue reading Weight gain across life stages linked to risk of gastrointestinal cancers
Bariatric surgery, which includes gastric bypass and other ways of manipulating the digestive tract, has proven to be a successful way of treating obesity and, in some cases, even reversing diabetes. However, as with all surgeries, it comes with certai… Continue reading Weight-loss injectable could replace bariatric surgery knife
Obesity is linked to a number of comorbidities, including musculoskeletal disorders. Focusing on the important role muscles play in metabolism, a recent study examined how time-restricted feeding in overweight fruit flies impacted the factors underlyin… Continue reading Time-restricted eating may hold key to obesity-related muscle dysfunction
From feeding cancer cells to triggering depression, there are a host of reasons why a high-fat diet isn’t optimal for human health. Now, researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine have added another discovery to the long list of adverse effects … Continue reading Rat brains lose the ability to regulate calories after a high-fat diet
New research from scientists at York University is shedding light on the mechanisms underpinning why men are significantly more likely to die from obesity-related diseases compared to women. The animal study suggests inflammation-associated processes a… Continue reading Why is obesity more deadly for men than women?
A team of researchers from the University of Copenhagen has looked to the microbiome to understand what role gut bacteria may play in weight gain. The findings suggest certain populations of bacteria are more efficient at extracting energy from food, a… Continue reading New insight into how your gut bacteria could be helping you gain weight
The fat cells of an elite athlete can appear quite different to those in an obese subject, and technologies that make one function more like the other could unlock powerful new therapies for the condition. Scientists are reporting an exciting advance i… Continue reading Major obesity advance takes out targeted fat depots anywhere in the body
Processed foods have never been favorites of nutritionists, and recent research now bolsters the claim that such foods are the leading cause of obesity in the Western world. It all comes down to something known as the Protein Leverage Hypothesis.Contin… Continue reading Study states low-protein processed foods are driving obesity epidemic
Following successful trials in adults and subsequent FDA approval last year, an emerging obesity drug has now shown promise in overweight adolescents. The treatment was shown to induce similar weight loss effects in this younger cohort, while also impr… Continue reading Repurposed diabetes drug drives weight loss in obese adolescents