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It's not just what you eat, but when you eat it

Fat cells store excess energy and signal these levels to the brain. In a new study this week in Nature Medicine, Georgios Paschos PhD, a research associate in the lab of Garret FitzGerald, MD, FRS direct ...

Medical research created Nov 11, 2012 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (11) | comments 2 | with audio podcast

Common food preservative may slow, even stop tumor growth

Nisin, a common food preservative, may slow or stop squamous cell head and neck cancers, a University of Michigan study found.

Cancer created Oct 31, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Greater parental stress linked to children's obesity, fast food use and reduced physical activity

Parents with a higher number of stressors in their lives are more likely to have obese children, according to a new study by pediatric researchers. Furthermore, when parents perceive themselves to be stressed, their children ...

Pediatrics created Oct 22, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Second to US in obesity, Mexico wants kids to slim down

Mexico, second in obesity in the world after the United States, wants its children to cut down on the soft drinks and fatty foods that have made them the chubbiest kids in Latin America.

Overweight and Obesity created Oct 20, 2012 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Cooking tips to possibly lessen risk of arsenic in rice

Last month rice lovers got some bitter news. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration and Consumer Reports released studies showing "worrisome" levels of cancer-causing arsenic in many popular rices and rice products.

Health created Oct 08, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Government can play important role in obesity epidemic

Addressing the obesity epidemic by preventing excess calorie consumption with government regulation of portion sizes is justifiable and could be an effective measure to help prevent obesity-related health problems and deaths, ...

Overweight and Obesity created Sep 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Scientists show protein linked to hunger also implicated in alcoholism

Researchers at The Scripps Research Institute have found new links between a protein that controls our urge to eat and brain cells involved in the development of alcoholism. The discovery points to new possibilities for designing ...

Psychology & Psychiatry created Sep 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Mobile apps for diabetes present usability issues for older adults

Diabetes is prevalent among adults aged 65 and older and can lead to a number of other serious health issues. Maintaining control of blood glucose levels is one of the most important actions diabetics can take to control ...

Diabetes created Aug 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Public health needs a radical shake up, say experts

Public health needs a radical shake up if it is to enable good health to flourish, say experts in the British Medical Journal today.

Health created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

In your future: More healthful foods to nourish the non-human you

The focus of nutrition for good health is quietly shifting to include consumption of food ingredients specifically designed to nourish the non-human cells that comprise 80 percent of the cells in the typical person, an aut ...

Health created Aug 21, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Menstrual cycles may affect women's shopping patterns

(HealthDay) -- The hormonal fluctuations associated with women's menstrual cycles could color their shopping habits, research suggests.

Psychology & Psychiatry created Jul 31, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Hunter-gatherers, Westerners use same amount of energy, contrary to theory

Modern lifestyles are generally quite different from those of our hunter-gatherer ancestors, a fact that some claim as the cause of the current rise in global obesity, but new results published July 25 in the open access ...

Overweight and Obesity created Jul 25, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Red potato chips: Segmentation cues can substantially decrease food intake

To test the effect of food segmentation, 98 college students were given tubes of stacked potato chips to munch on while watching a movie in class. Red-colored potato chips had been inserted at regular intervals into some ...

Health created Jul 24, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Sugar-sweetened drinks are not replacing milk in kid's diets

National data indicate that milk consumption has declined among children while consumption of sweetened beverages of low nutritional quality has more than doubled. Although this suggests that sugar-sweetened beverages may ...

Health created Jul 18, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Multiple pieces of food are more rewarding than an equicaloric single piece of food in both animals and humans

Research to be presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that both animals and ...

Health created Jul 10, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0