Medical research
High-fat diet and lack of enzyme can lead to heart disease in mice
It's no secret that a high-fat diet isn't healthy. Now researchers have discovered a molecular clue as to precisely why that is.
Sep 12, 2011
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Medical research
Study finds important factor in fat storage and energy metabolism
As part of their ongoing research on the physiologic factors that contribute to the development of obesity, Joslin Diabetes Center scientists have identified a cell cycle transcriptional co-regulator – TRIP-Br2 – that ...
Jan 6, 2013
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Genetics
Taste buds may play role in fostering obesity in offspring
Cornell food scientists show in animal studies that a mother's high-fat diet may lead to more sweet-taste receptors and a greater attraction to unhealthy food in their offspring—resulting in poor feeding behavior, obesity ...
Sep 11, 2020
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More evidence suggests type 2 diabetes is an inflammatory disease
As people's waistlines increase, so does the incidence of type 2 diabetes. Now scientists have a better understanding of exactly what happens in the body that leads up to type 2 diabetes, and what likely causes some of the ...
Jan 2, 2014
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Inflammatory disorders
A treatment for obesity-associated asthma
(Medical Xpress)—Research conducted at Boston Children's Hospital indicates that obesity might cause asthma via factors in the immune system and suggests a new way of treating asthma in obese people—who often respond ...
Dec 16, 2013
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Changes in gut microbiota after unhealthy diet may protect from metabolic disease
An unhealthy diet changes the composition of the gut flora and it is generally assumed that this maladaptation called "dysbiosis" triggers disease. A study by Matteo Serino and his colleagues at the Université Paul Sabatier ...
Mar 17, 2017
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Overweight & Obesity
A diet rich in ultra-processed fats and sugars increases the possibility of muscle pain
A research team from the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (Tarragona—Spain) has observed that following a diet rich in fats and sugars from ultra-processed foods (such as sweet rolls and pastries) for a six-week period increases ...
Nov 16, 2020
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Cell nucleus protein in brown fat cells governs daily control of body temperature
For nearly 300 years, investigators have known that body temperature follows a circadian, or 24-hour, rhythm, with a peak during the day and a low at night. The benefit of this control during evolution may have been to allow ...
Oct 27, 2013
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Inflammatory disorders
Obesity: How inflammation influences appetite
Sustained low-grade inflammation and an above-average appetite are commonly found in obese individuals. Therefore, it seems counterintuitive that the acute inflammation associated with many illnesses normally suppresses appetite. ...
Jun 5, 2013
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Medical research
Compound improves health, increases lifespan of obese mice
(Medical Xpress) -- Researchers have reported that obese male mice treated with a synthetic compound called SRT1720 were healthier and lived longer compared to non-treated obese mice. The experimental compound was found to ...
Aug 22, 2011
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