Diet/Body Weight

The study simulated sleep restriction (five hours per night) across a simulated busy five day working week and found that regularly drinking coffee helps reduce impacts to people's vigilance, alertness, reaction-time, accuracy and working…

Statuses of Vitamin D and A require special attention The study concludes that vegan diet has a broad effect on children's metabolism. Serum biomarker levels for vitamins A and D, cholesterol forms and essential amino acids were…

Minnesota Partnership for Biotechnology and Medical Genomics announced today their 2021 research awardees. This marks the partnership's 17th year of spearheading new scientific ideas from Minnesota to improve the health of, and health…

Linked with obesity and deprivation A brain pressure disorder that especially affects women, causing severe headaches and sometimes permanent sight loss, has risen six-fold in 15 years, and is linked to obesity and deprivation, a new…

Credit: Source: DIfE Successful weight loss is considered to be an integral part of the therapy for type 2 diabetes. Nevertheless, studies keep appearing that question the importance of losing weight. However, new data from a…

Universal meals can be more healthy - expertsCredit: Flinders University Packing a lunchbox with fruit, sandwiches, and snacks is common practice for most Australian families. But what if there was another way? Flinders…

Credit: Amber Courville and Paule Joseph, National Institutes of Health People on a low-fat, plant-based diet ate fewer daily calories but had higher insulin and blood glucose levels, compared to when they ate a…

Your food intake patterns are partly under genetic control, according to the latest research from researchers at King's College London, published today in the journal Twin Research and Human Genetics. Researchers can study the quality…

Government obesity policies in England have largely failed due to problems with implementation, lack of learning from past experience, and a reliance on trying to persuade individuals to change their behaviour rather than tackling unhealthy…

Findings among children in Amazonian Ecuador offer insights into relative importance of diet vs. energy expenditure for rise in obesityCredit: Samuel Urlacher Variation in consumption of market-acquired foods outside of the traditional…

A University of Saskatchewan study has found that the COVID-19 pandemic has led to significant worsening of already poor dietary habits, low activity levels, sedentary behaviour, and high alcohol consumption among university students.…

An innovative new study is set to examine if changing our mealtimes to earlier or later in the day could reduce the risk of developing Type 2 diabetes. Led by Dr Denise Robertson, Professor Jonathan Johnston and post graduate…

Credit: USask/Victoria Dinh A new University of Saskatchewan (USask) study has found that stretching is superior to brisk walking for reducing blood pressure in people with high blood pressure or who are at risk of developing…

Rising temperatures contribute to child malnutrition and reduced diet qualityCredit: C. Shubert (CCAFS) A first-of-its-kind, international study of 107,000 children finds that higher temperatures are an equal or even greater…

A new paper in Q Open finds that the availability of fast food restaurants on the route between children's houses and their schools does not affect children's weight. Reducing the rate of childhood obesity is a top public health…

SILVER SPRING, Md.--A new study confirms that treatment with Bimagrumab, an antibody that blocks activin type II receptors and stimulates skeletal muscle growth, is safe and effective for treating excess adiposity and metabolic…

In addition to nutrition research, study finds lower body strength can predict professional potential LAWRENCE -- Parents around the world have long told us that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Soon, basketball coaches may…

Neuroscientist and Geneticist Benjamin Arenkiel, Ph.D., is the recipient of the 2021 Edith and Peter O'Donnell Award in Medicine from TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine, Engineering and Science of Texas)Credit: TAMEST (The Academy of Medicine,…

Daily rhythms may impact our ability to fight diseasCredit: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute TROY, N.Y. -- An analysis of an exhaustive dataset on cells essential to the mammalian immune system shows that our ability to fight…

Exercising regularly is one of the best defences against metabolic diseases, such as obesity and diabetes - but why? It's a question that scientists are still struggling to answer. While exercising changes the molecular behaviour of…