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March 7, 2017

Low Carbohydrate Diets Should Be Considered for Diabetes Management

Mar. 7, 2017 — Following a reduced carbohydrate diet can help to lower blood glucose levels, providing a safe and effective strategy for managing diabetes, new research ... read more

New Treatment for Fatty Liver Disease and Type 2 Diabetes Burns Up Fat in Liver

Mar. 2, 2017 — Researchers are planning the clinical trial of a new treatment for nonalcoholic fatty liver disease and type 2 diabetes which harnesses liver cells’ own ability to burn accumulated ... read more

Could a Ketogenic Diet Alleviate Gout?

Feb. 28, 2017 — Recent work has shown that the ketone body ?-hydroxybutyrate can specifically inhibit the NLRP3 inflammasome. They found that feeding rats a high-fat, low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet increased ... read more

Effects of a Poor Diet During Pregnancy May Be Reversed in Female Adolescent Offspring

Feb. 24, 2017 — Here's some good news if you are female: Research shows that in mice, what is eaten during adolescence or childhood development may alter long-term behavior and learning, and can even ... read more

Early Birds May Make Healthier Food Choices Than Night Owls

Feb. 23, 2017 — Researchers looked at data from nearly 2,000 randomly chosen people to determine if their circadian or biological clock rhythm (chronotype) affected what they ate and at what time. Clear differences ... read more

The Role of Weight in Postmenopausal Women's Longevity

Feb. 23, 2017 — In a large multiethnic study, being underweight was linked with an increased risk of early death among postmenopausal women, report ... read more

Gastric Balloon Is New Weight Loss Option

Feb. 23, 2017 — The Food and Drug Administration has approved another option to treat obesity: a grapefruit-size gastric balloon that takes up as much as half the volume of the ... read more

Obesity Reprograms Muscle Stem Cells

Feb. 22, 2017 — Obesity is associated with reduced muscle mass and impaired metabolism. Epigenetic changes that affect the formation of new muscle cells may be a contributing factor, according to new ... read more

Gene That May Strongly Influence Obesity Uncovered

Feb. 21, 2017 — A new study on fruit flies has uncovered a gene that could play a key role in obesity in humans. The paper examines a 'foraging gene' humans share in common with the flies, which plays ... read more

Mediterranean Diet May Decrease Pain Associated With Obesity

Feb. 21, 2017 — Eating a Mediterranean diet could decrease the chances an overweight person will experience regular pain, new research ... read more

Helping Parents Understand BMI May Lead to Positive Changes in Childhood Obesity

Feb. 21, 2017 — Getting children to move more is a team effort. A new study found parents were more likely to change their child’s lifestyle when schools provided educational materials along with the results of ... read more

Only One-Third of Parents Think They Are Doing a Good Job Helping Kids Eat Healthy Foods

Feb. 20, 2017 — If you know healthy eating is important for your kids, but you also feel like it's easier said than done, you're not alone. Many parents may not be following the recipe for encouraging ... read more

Child Obesity '35-40 Percent' Inherited from Parents

Feb. 20, 2017 — Around 35-40 percent of a child's BMI -- how fat or thin they are -- is inherited from their parents, a new study has ... read more

Pizza, Burgers and the Like: A Single High-Fat Meal Can Damage the Metabolism

Feb. 16, 2017 — The global proliferation of overweight and obese people and people with type 2 diabetes is often associated with the consumption of saturated fats. Scientists have found that even the one-off ... read more

Father's Diet Impacts on Son's Ability to Reproduce, Study in Flies Suggests

Feb. 15, 2017 — The view that males just pass on genetic material and not much else to their offspring has now been debunked. Instead, new research found a father's diet can affect their son's ability to ... read more

Increased Levels of Active Vitamin D Can Help to Optimize Muscle Strength

Feb. 15, 2017 — Researchers have shown that increasing the levels of active vitamin D can help to optimize muscle strength in ... read more

Scientists Take Aim at Obesity-Linked Protein

Feb. 15, 2017 — Scientists have shown that deleting the gene for this protein, known as IP6K1, protects animal models from both obesity and ... read more

One Fifth of Indonesian Households Exhibit Double Burden of Malnutrition

Feb. 15, 2017 — The coexistence of both undernutrition and overweight/obesity, a phenomenon called double burden of malnutrition, is a global public health challenge existing at all levels from the individual to the ... read more

Gene Variants Associated With Body Shape Increase Risk of Heart Disease, Type 2 Diabetes

Feb. 14, 2017 — A study has found that a pattern of gene variants associated with a body type, in which weight is deposited around the abdomen, rather than in the hips and thighs, increases the risk for type 2 ... read more

Avoiding Medications That Promote Weight Gain When Managing Obesity

Feb. 14, 2017 — While diet, exercise and behavior modification are essential components of obesity management, a successful long-term weight loss strategy should also include avoiding or minimizing ... read more
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