Living in a neighborhood with better access to resources such as high-quality housing, healthy food, parks and playgrounds, and clean air during the early stages of childhood was associated with lower asthma incidence in ...
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Smoothies can be a tasty and convenient way to get the important fruits and vegetables you need for a healthy diet. But is a banana and blueberry smoothie the best combo? Researchers at the University of California, Davis, ...
Aug 24, 2023
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There is growing evidence that peptide hormones from the gut have far-reaching effects on the whole organism. By binding to corresponding receptors in the brain, they can modulate food intake and alter metabolic parameters. ...
Aug 24, 2023
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Researchers at the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus have officially identified a central conduit to obesity: fructose.
Aug 1, 2023
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World-wide obesity has nearly tripled since 1975, according to the World Health Organization. Numerous causes of obesity have been hypothesized including increased dietary fat, carbohydrate or ultra-processed food (UPF) consumption, ...
Jul 25, 2023
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Constipation can be caused by many factors, not all of them serious. But it could be a sign of Parkinson's disease. A new study from RUSH neurologist Deborah Hall, MD, looks into how the bowel and the brain are linked.
Jul 20, 2023
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In 2021, 1.1 million deaths would have been averted in the United States if the US had mortality rates similar to other wealthy nations, according to a new study led by a Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) ...
Jul 17, 2023
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University of Queensland researchers have used genetics to reveal that much of the risk of developing a common and sometimes fatal intestinal disease is inherited.
Jul 5, 2023
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A team of food scientists, engineers and environmental specialists at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln has found that high numbers of microplastic particles are released by plastic baby pouches when heated in a microwave ...
Food allergy has not been on the radar of most racial and ethnic communities. But a new Northwestern Medicine study—the first population-based food allergy study in the U.S. to explore racial and ethnic differences in all ...
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