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June 2, 2024

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Mediterranean Diet Tied to One-Fifth Lower Risk of Early Death in Women

May 31, 2024 — In a new study that followed more than 25,000 initially healthy U.S. women for up to 25 years, researchers found that participants who had greater Mediterranean diet intake had up to 23% lower risk of all-cause mortality, with benefits for both ...

Intermittent Fasting Shows Promise in Improving Gut Health, Weight Management

May 28, 2024 — Participants following an intermittent fasting and protein-pacing regimen, which involves evenly spaced protein intake throughout the day, saw better gut health, weight loss and metabolic responses. ...

Researchers Identify Promising Protein Candidate for Metabolic Disease Treatment

May 28, 2024 — Discovery of an appetite-suppressing protein has doubled the potential for new avenues for treating obesity and metabolic disorders in animals and ...

Dermatologists Find Ultraviolet Irradiation Increases Appetite but Prevents Body Weight Gain

May 22, 2024 — Obesity and metabolic disorders are increasingly significant global public health issues. In a novel study, a team of dermatologists evaluated the effect of ultraviolet (UV) exposure on appetite and ...

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Can Diet Help With Advanced Breast Cancer? All Indications Are Positive

May 22, 2024 — Results of a small study showed that a whole-food, plant-based diet followed by women with stage 4 breast cancer improved several measures of health, including levels of cancer growth factors in ...

A Long-Term Ketogenic Diet Accumulates Aged Cells in Normal Tissues, Study Finds

May 17, 2024 — New research finds that a continuous, long-term ketogenic diet may induce senescence, or aged, cells in normal tissues, with particular implications ...

Significant Gaps Between Science of Obesity and the Care Patients Receive

May 20, 2024 — More than 40% of adults in the United States live with obesity, and the percentage of people living with obesity continues to increase dramatically. While experts have learned a great deal about the ...

Tech Can't Replace Human Coaches in Obesity Treatment

May 14, 2024 — Technology alone can't replace the human touch to produce meaningful weight loss in obesity treatment, reports a new study. Giving people technology alone for the initial phase of obesity treatment ...

New Cells Could Be Key to Treating Obesity

May 9, 2024 — New cells discovered in human omental adipose tissue inhibit fat cell formation, revealing why 'apple' body shapes may pose higher metabolic health ...

Two Decades of Studies Suggest Health Benefits Associated With Plant-Based Diets

May 15, 2024 — Vegetarian and vegan diets are generally associated with better status on various medical factors linked to cardiovascular health and cancer risk, as ...

'Trojan Horse' Weight Loss Drug More Effective Than Available Therapies

May 15, 2024 — A groundbreaking article describes a promising new therapy for obesity that leads to greater weight loss in mice than existing medications. The approach smuggles molecules into the brain's appetite ...

Fighting Fat and Inflammation: Scientists Develop Powerful New Compounds

May 15, 2024 — Obesity and inflammatory diseases are increasing in prevalence and contribute to the growing burden of lifestyle disorders such as diabetes and hypertension. There is a lack of naturally derived ...

Intermittent Fasting Protects Against Liver Inflammation and Liver Cancer

May 7, 2024 — Fatty liver disease often leads to chronic liver inflammation and can even result in liver cancer. Scientists have now shown in mice that intermittent fasting on a 5:2 schedule can halt this ...

When Working Out, Males Are Programmed to Burn More Fat, While Females Recycle It--at Least in Rats

May 2, 2024 — Vigorous exercise burns fat more in males than in females, but the benefits of exercise are broad for ...

Racial Disparities in Childhood Obesity on the Rise

May 15, 2024 — Among public school students in New York City, some of the greatest increases in childhood obesity in recent years were among those socioeconomic and demographic groups already bearing the greatest ...

Time-Restricted Eating and High-Intensity Exercise Might Work Together to Improve Health

May 1, 2024 — Combining time-restricted eating with high-intensity functional training may improve body composition and cardiometabolic parameters more than either alone, according to new ...

Researchers Identify Causal Genetic Variant Linked to Common Childhood Obesity

May 1, 2024 — Researchers have identified a causal genetic variant strongly associated with childhood obesity. The study provides new insight into the importance of the hypothalamus of the brain and its role in ...

Breakthrough in Brown Fat Research: Researchers Have Found Brown Fat's 'Off-Switch'

Apr. 29, 2024 — Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising strategy for safely activating brown fat and tackling obesity and ...

Component of Keto Diet Plus Immunotherapy May Reduce Prostate Cancer

Apr. 26, 2024 — Adding a pre-ketone supplement -- a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet -- to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, ...

3 in 5 Parents Play Short Order Cook for Young Children Who Don't Like Family Meal

Apr. 22, 2024 — While most parents of preschool and elementary aged children strive to give their children a balanced, nutritional diet, some of their strategies to promote healthy eating may backfire, a national ...

Dietary Treatment More Effective Than Medicines in IBS

Apr. 19, 2024 — Dietary treatment is more effective than medications in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). With dietary adjustments, more than seven out of ten patients had significantly reduced ...

Metabolic Health Before Vaccination Determines Effectiveness of Anti-Flu Response

Apr. 18, 2024 — The annual influenza vaccine has become less effective on average over time. One reason may be reduced vaccine efficacy in people with obesity than those with a healthier body mass index (BMI), while ...

Guidance on Energy and Macronutrients Across the Lifespan

Apr. 17, 2024 — In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of 'food as medicine' -- a philosophy in which food and nutrition are ...

Research Explores How a Father's Diet Could Shape the Health of His Offspring

Apr. 17, 2024 — A mice study suggests a father's diet may shape the anxiety of his sons and the metabolic health of his daughters before they are even ...

Family and Media Pressure to Lose Weight in Adolescence Linked to How People Value Themselves Almost Two Decades Later

Apr. 15, 2024 — People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of ...

Choosing Sugary Drinks Over Fruit Juice for Toddlers Linked to Risk of Adult Obesity

Apr. 12, 2024 — Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the risk of obesity in later life, according to a new ...

Scientists Uncover a Missing Link Between Poor Diet and Higher Cancer Risk

Apr. 12, 2024 — A research team has unearthed new findings which may help explain the connection between cancer risk and poor diet, as well as common diseases like diabetes, which arise from poor diet. The insights ...

This Outdated Diabetes Drug Still Has Something to Offer

Apr. 11, 2024 — Researchers have discovered the biochemical workings of an old-fashioned diabetes drug, and it's helping them develop new, safer ...

Obese and Overweight Children at Risk of Iron Deficiency

Apr. 10, 2024 — Children and young people who are overweight or obese are at significantly higher risk of iron deficiency, according to a study by nutritional ...

Few Newly Diagnosed Type 2 Diabetics Succeed in Losing Weight -- Weight Gain Linked to Much Higher Risk of Complications

Apr. 4, 2024 — A register-based study identified three distinct BMI trajectory groups among patients with newly diagnosed type 2 diabetes. In a four-year follow-up, most patients followed a stable trajectory ...

Feeding the Lonely Brain

Apr. 4, 2024 — A new study has found that women who perceive themselves to be lonely exhibited activity in regions of the brain associated with cravings and motivation towards eating especially when shown pictures ...

Women With Obesity Do Not Need to Gain Weight During Pregnancy, New Study Suggests

Apr. 2, 2024 — The guidelines for weight gain during pregnancy in obese women have long been questioned. New research supports the idea of lowering or removing the current recommendation of a weight gain of at ...

Pilot Study Shows Ketogenic Diet Improves Severe Mental Illness

Apr. 1, 2024 — A small clinical trial found that the metabolic effects of a ketogenic diet may help stabilize the ...

Do Sweeteners Increase Your Appetite? New Evidence from Randomised Controlled Trial Says No

Mar. 28, 2024 — Replacing sugar with artificial and natural sweeteners in foods does not make people hungrier -- and also helps to reduce blood sugar levels, a significant new study has found. The double blind ...