The research team at the LeiCeM Cluster of Excellence is preparing a new study. It builds on the first phase of the Hormones and Health study (HHS), in which researchers from the Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity ...
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Researchers at Pennington Biomedical Research Center have identified a key brain mechanism that connects environmental temperature with appetite and energy balance, offering new insight into how external conditions can shape ...
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Most nutrition science suggests that meals with the same basic nutritional profile will have the same impact on a person's blood sugar.
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Smartwatches have become an increasingly popular way for people to monitor their health and fitness. About 100 million—nearly 4 in 10—U.S. adults own a smartwatch. Worldwide, market research estimates approximately 560 million ...
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When the body's temperature falls, it adapts by burning more energy to generate heat and triggering appetite to replace the fuel used to stay warm. While scientists have known about those responses for decades, precisely ...
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Brown fat burns energy to generate heat and is therefore considered a promising target for new obesity treatments. Researchers at the University of Basel and University Hospital Basel have tested whether a drug can activate ...
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Researchers have developed an enhanced wearable motion-tracking system that could improve the accuracy of fitness trackers used to monitor exercise and training. The team provides details in an article published in the International ...
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You check your smartwatch after a run. Your fitness score has dropped. You've burned hardly any calories. Your recovery score is really low. It's telling you to take the next 72 hours off exercise.
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While scientific studies about obesity and general health are on the rise, a new analysis has determined that more studies are using animal modeling research than human modeling. Dr. Sarah Purcell, an assistant professor ...
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Though it might feel great to finish a workout and see "calories burned" pop up on your smartwatch, that number is often surprisingly inaccurate, with estimated error rates of 30%–80%. The watch's software makes its best ...
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