Health
WHO's recommendation against the use of artificial sweeteners for weight loss leaves many questions unanswered
Do low-calorie sweeteners help with weight management? And are they safe for long-term use?
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News tagged with calories
Psychology & Psychiatry
How chronic stress drives the brain to crave comfort food
When you're stressed, a high-calorie snack may seem like a comforting go-to. But this combination has an unhealthy downside. According to Sydney scientists, stress combined with calorie-dense comfort food creates changes ...
12 hours ago
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Overweight & Obesity
It's time to bust the 'calories in, calories out' weight-loss myth
If you've ever tried to lose weight, there's a good chance you've been told it all comes down to a simple "calories in, calories out" formula: burn more calories than you consume, and the kilos will disappear.
Jun 6, 2023
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Health
Food for thought: How your mindset can make healthy food more alluring on social media
In today's world, our diets are often packed with fats and sugars. Our ancient instinct to crave calorie-rich foods, which once helped us survive, now leads to harmful health side-effects.
May 25, 2023
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Health
A student's poor eating habits can lead to a lifetime of illness, says researcher
A UBC Okanagan researcher is cautioning that a person's poor eating habits established during post-secondary studies can contribute to future health issues, including obesity, respiratory illnesses and depression.
May 24, 2023
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Health
Promoting lower-calorie options on delivery apps could help users select healthier options, randomized trials find
Simple initiatives to help people select lower-calorie options when ordering takeaways in delivery apps could help tackle the obesity epidemic, suggest three randomized trials being presented at this year's European Congress ...
May 18, 2023
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Health
WHO: Artificial sweeteners have no weight-loss benefit, may raise health risks
The World Health Organization has come out against the use of non-sugar sweeteners (NSS) as a means to control weight or limit noncommunicable sickness.
May 15, 2023
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Endocrinology & Metabolism
Can brown fat cells combat obesity?
UC Davis Health endocrinology researchers are investigating the role of two newly identified molecules that control heat production from fat tissues. Their hope is to discover a better way to combat obesity complications.
Apr 26, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Age and sex found to influence health benefits of dieting
Researchers have found that males on reduced calorie diets showed greater fat loss and improvements in blood sugar levels compared with females.
Apr 25, 2023
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Overweight & Obesity
Menu calorie counts likely linked to lower obesity-related cancer rates and health care costs
Specifying the number of calories for each item on restaurant menus is likely linked to lower rates of cancers associated with obesity and attendant health care costs in the U.S., suggests a modeling study, published in the ...
Apr 18, 2023
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Calorie
The calorie is a pre-SI metric unit of energy. The unit was first defined by Professor Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a unit of heat. This definition entered French and English dictionaries between 1841 and 1867. In most fields its use is archaic, having been replaced by the SI unit of energy, the joule. However, in many countries it remains in common use as a unit of food energy. In the context of nutrition, and especially food labelling, the terms calorie (or Calorie) and kilocalorie are interchangeable. In either case the unit is approximately equal to 4.2 kJ.
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