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Nutrition in early life may play a role in development of subsequent metabolic disorders

The findings, which come from a Journal of Diabetes analysis of 11,515 men and 13,569 women in China, indicate that nutrition in early life may play a role in the development of subsequent metabolic disorders.

22 Aug 2018

Open plan offices increase employee physical activity and lower stress

Open plan offices mean lot of walking around compared to partitioned cubicles. A new study of US government employees has now shown that these open plan offices can increase employee physical activity by up to 20 percent compared to those who worked within walled cubicles.

22 Aug 2018

Study uncover metabolic network controlled by the ‘circadian clock’ of muscle cells

How do muscle cells prepare for the particular metabolic challenges of the day? Scientists at Helmholtz Zentrum München and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, members of the German Center for Diabetes Research, have investigated this question and published their results in 'PLOS Biology'.

21 Aug 2018

Research provides drug developers with much needed insight into serotonin receptor

Serotonin, known as the "happiness" neurotransmitter, is a chemical found in the body responsible for feelings of well-being. But serotonin isn't the only chemical that binds to the 13 serotonin receptors found on the surface of cells. Far from it. Many approved drugs also bind to serotonin receptors.

21 Aug 2018

Research project explores how obesity is linked to social class

WHILE the rich get thinner, the poorest pile on the pounds. What accounts for this "social gradient", which results in obesity being most prevalent among the least well-off? The pleasure - tinged with guilt and anxiety - that they take in overeating is an explanation explored by a University of Huddersfield professor and his colleagues.

20 Aug 2018

Understanding How Antibodies Shape the Gut Microbiome

Dr. Keiichiro Suzuki discusses the importance of IgA in the human body, and his recent research study, which showed that IgA interacts with the gut microbiome and promotes the growth of healthy bacteria.

20 Aug 2018

Scientists examine effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels, satiety

A change in breakfast routine may provide benefits for the management of type 2 diabetes, according to a new study published in the Journal of Dairy Science. H. Douglas Goff, PhD, and the team of scientists from the Human Nutraceutical Research Unit at the University of Guelph, in collaboration with the University of Toronto, examined the effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels and satiety after breakfast and after a second meal.

20 Aug 2018

Type 2 diabetes on the rise among youngsters

According to a new study, more and more young people are being treated for Type 2 diabetes and this is cause for alarm.

20 Aug 2018

New trial to investigate whether weight loss before conception can make mom and baby healthier

A woman's overall health before conception can impact her pregnancy and the health of her fetus.

19 Aug 2018

Body mass index positively linked with blood pressure

Body mass index is positively associated with blood pressure, according to the ongoing study of 1.7 million Chinese men and women being conducted by researchers at the Yale Center for Outcomes Research and Evaluation and in China.

17 Aug 2018

Researchers discuss techniques to help combat growing epidemic of obesity

More than 60 percent of American adults weigh more than is healthy, which results in increased health issues for the patient and high health care costs.

17 Aug 2018

Increasing dietary protein may lower risk of diabetes in people with NAFLD

Increasing the amount of protein in the diet may reduce the liver's fat content and lower the risk of diabetes in people with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease.

17 Aug 2018

OUHSC gets $20 million grant to advance research and patient care for Oklahomans

This week, the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center announced the nationally competitive renewal of a $20 million federal grant that will advance research and patient care for Oklahomans throughout the state.

17 Aug 2018

Researchers describe link between poor oocyte development and oxidative stress in obese mice

Excessive body fat is associated with negative effects on female fertility and pregnancy. In mice, maternal obesity impairs proper development of egg precursor cells called oocytes.

17 Aug 2018

Blood test in early pregnancy could determine a woman's later risk for gestational diabetes

A blood test conducted as early as the 10th week of pregnancy may help identify women at risk for gestational diabetes, a pregnancy-related condition that poses potentially serious health risks for mothers and infants, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health and other institutions.

16 Aug 2018

Higher BMI in people with prediabetes related to evening preference and lack of sufficient sleep

People with prediabetes who go to bed later, eat meals later and are more active and alert later in the day - those who have an "evening preference" - have higher body mass indices compared with people with prediabetes who do things earlier in the day, or exhibit morning preference.

15 Aug 2018

Researchers discover new promising target point for cancer and diabetes therapies

If certain signaling cascades are misregulated, diseases like cancer, obesity and diabetes may occur. A mechanism recently discovered by scientists at the Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut für Molekulare Pharmakologie in Berlin and at the University of Geneva has a crucial influence on such signaling cascades and may be an important key for the future development of therapies against these diseases.

15 Aug 2018

Married people who fight nastily more likely to suffer from leaky guts, study suggests

Married people who fight nastily are more likely to suffer from leaky guts - a problem that unleashes bacteria into the blood and can drive up disease-causing inflammation, new research suggests.

15 Aug 2018

Researchers focus on uncoupling obesity from diabetes

About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes. Approximately ninety percent of them have type 2 diabetes. People with this condition cannot effectively use insulin, a hormone made by the pancreas that helps the body turn blood sugar into energy.

15 Aug 2018

Diabetes epidemic in Guatemala driven by aging, not obesity

The diabetes epidemic in Guatemala is worse than previously thought: more than 25 percent of its indigenous people, who make up 60 percent of the population, suffer from type 2 diabetes or pre-diabetes, suggests a new study published in PLOS ONE from researchers at the Penn Center for Global Health, in collaboration with the University of San Carlos in Guatemala City and the Hospitalito Atitlán.

14 Aug 2018

Obesity News and Research

Latest Obesity News and Research

Nutrition in early life may play a role in development of subsequent metabolic disorders

Open plan offices increase employee physical activity and lower stress

Study uncover metabolic network controlled by the ‘circadian clock’ of muscle cells

Research provides drug developers with much needed insight into serotonin receptor

Research project explores how obesity is linked to social class

Understanding How Antibodies Shape the Gut Microbiome

Scientists examine effects of consuming high-protein milk at breakfast on blood glucose levels, satiety

Type 2 diabetes on the rise among youngsters

New trial to investigate whether weight loss before conception can make mom and baby healthier

Body mass index positively linked with blood pressure

Researchers discuss techniques to help combat growing epidemic of obesity

Increasing dietary protein may lower risk of diabetes in people with NAFLD

OUHSC gets $20 million grant to advance research and patient care for Oklahomans

Researchers describe link between poor oocyte development and oxidative stress in obese mice

Blood test in early pregnancy could determine a woman's later risk for gestational diabetes

Higher BMI in people with prediabetes related to evening preference and lack of sufficient sleep

Researchers discover new promising target point for cancer and diabetes therapies

Married people who fight nastily more likely to suffer from leaky guts, study suggests

Researchers focus on uncoupling obesity from diabetes

Diabetes epidemic in Guatemala driven by aging, not obesity

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