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September 20, 2024

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Food Fussiness a Largely Genetic Trait from Toddlerhood to Adolescence

Sep. 19, 2024 — A new study compared survey results of parents with identical or non-identical twins in England and Wales from the ages of 16 months to 13 years. The study found that fussy eating is mainly influenced by genes and is a stable trait lasting from ...

Can the MIND Diet Lower the Risk of Memory Problems Later in Life?

Sep. 18, 2024 — People whose diet more closely resembles the MIND diet may have a lower risk of cognitive impairment, according to a new study. Results were similar for Black and white participants. These results do not prove that the MIND diet prevents cognitive ...

Replacing Ultra-Processed Foods in Diet Reduces Type 2 Diabetes Risk

Sep. 16, 2024 — People who eat more ultra-processed foods (UPF) are at increased risk of developing type 2 diabetes, but this risk can be lowered by consuming less processed foods instead, finds a new ...

Cutting out Sugar and Starch Is as Effective for IBS as Current Recommendations

Sep. 17, 2024 — Symptoms for patients with the gastrointestinal disease IBS improved as much by eating less sugar and starch as for those who followed FODMAP -- the diet currently recommended to patients. The ...

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Sep. 17, 2024 — Sport-related stress may contribute to some NCAA Division One swimmers and runners failing to consume enough calories to fuel their ...

New Study Links Neighborhood Food Access to Child Obesity Risk

Sep. 16, 2024 — A new study examined whether neighborhood food access in early life is associated with trajectories of child body mass index and obesity risk. Study results show that neighborhood food access ...

Brown Fat: How Cells Generate Heat by Burning Calories

Sep. 16, 2024 — Special fat cells known as brown adipocytes help maintaining body temperature by converting calory-rich nutrients into heat. This protects from gaining excess weight and metabolic disorders. An ...

Foods With Low Nutri-Scores Associated With an Increased Risk of Cardiovascular Diseases, Study Finds

Sep. 12, 2024 — In a new article, reesearchers report an increased risk of cardiovascular diseases associated with the consumption of foods that rank less favorably ...

Lifestyle Intervention from Childhood to Adolescence Affects Metabolism Even Years Later

Sep. 12, 2024 — A new study uncovers how early lifestyle changes can have long-lasting impacts. A diet and physical activity intervention in childhood and ...

Babies Born to Women Consuming a High Fat, Sugary Diet at Greater Risk of Cardiovascular Disease and Diabetes in Later Life

Sep. 13, 2024 — Babies born to pregnant women with obesity are more likely to develop heart problems and diabetes as adults due to fetal damage caused by the ...

Unaffordable Food Putting Mums-to-Be at Risk

Sep. 10, 2024 — Pregnant women who have limited access to affordable, nutritious, and healthy foods have a higher chance of developing both physical and mental health problems and their baby's weight is at ...

Like Father, Like Daughter

Sep. 10, 2024 — When they become fathers, men who have an unhealthy, high-cholesterol diet can cause increased risk of cardiovascular disease, or CVD, in their daughters, a mouse study has ...

Long-Term Exercisers Have 'Healthier' Belly Fat

Sep. 10, 2024 — People with obesity who are long-time exercisers have healthier belly fat tissue and can store fat there more effectively than nonexercisers with obesity, according to a new ...

Can't Stop Belching? Dietary Habits or Disease Could Be the Reason

Sep. 3, 2024 — A research team conducted a web survey of 10,000 adults to examine the relationship between the rate of belching disorders, comorbidities, and lifestyles in Japan. The results showed that 1.5% had ...

Calorie Labels on Alcohol Might Help Some Drinkers Maintain a Healthier Weight

Sep. 19, 2024 — Just over half of heavier drinkers in England say they would make changes to their drinking if calorie labels for alcohol were introduced, according to a new ...

Shrinking the Pint Can Reduce Beer Sales by Almost 10%

Sep. 17, 2024 — Reducing the serving size for beer, lager and cider reduces the volume of those drinks consumed in pubs, bars and restaurants, and could be a useful alcohol control measure, according to a new study. ...

Blackcurrant Supplementing Mitigates Postmenopausal Bone Loss, Study Finds

Sep. 17, 2024 — With aging comes bone density loss, especially in post-menopausal women. A new study finds that supplementing with blackcurrant can ameliorate a host of conditions, including postmenopausal bone loss ...

New Study Provides Insight to Why COVID Vaccines Hit Some Harder Than Others

Sep. 4, 2024 — Researchers published a paper highlighting factors that may explain why some people perceived more side effects than others including stress, exercise, and use of hormonal birth ...

Billions Worldwide Consume Inadequate Levels of Micronutrients Critical to Human Health

Aug. 29, 2024 — More than half of the global population consumes inadequate levels of several micronutrients essential to health, including calcium, iron, and vitamins C and E, according to a new study. It is the ...

A Groundbreaking Study Describes a New Molecular Pathway Involved in the Control of Reproduction

Aug. 29, 2024 — A new study provides the first evidence of a direct interaction between kisspeptins, proteins crucial for sexual development, and astrocytes, non-neuronal cells of the nervous system, blazing new ...

What's in the Microbiome of the Foods We Eat?

Aug. 29, 2024 — Microbes are part of the food we eat and can influence our own microbiome, but we know very little about the microbes in our foods. Now, researchers have developed a database of the 'food ...

Bats Are Surviving and Thriving on Nothing but Sugar

Aug. 28, 2024 — New research may enable potential solutions to metabolic disease by turning to evolution and to bats. 'Our study reports blood sugar levels that are the highest we have ever seen in nature -- ...

Rates of Obesity-Related Cancer Are Rising Sharply in Young Chinese People

Aug. 23, 2024 — Obesity-related cancer rates in China were rising at an alarming 3.6% every year between 2007 and 2021 while non-obesity-related cancers remained stable, according to the first comprehensive study. ...

Taking a Trip Down Memory Lane Could Be the Key to Drinking Less Alcohol

Aug. 22, 2024 — A new study suggests recollecting a previous drinking episode could put women off drinking too ...

Immune Cells Have a Metabolic Backup Plan for Accessing Their Anti-Cancer Playbook

Aug. 22, 2024 — Immune cells use two different routes to produce acetyl-CoA, an essential metabolite required to fight infection and cancer, reports a new study. The findings could help improve immunotherapies by ...

Gut Molecule Slows Fat Burning During Fasting

Aug. 21, 2024 — In a struggle that probably sounds familiar to dieters everywhere, the less a Caenorhabditis elegans (C. elegans) worm eats, the more slowly it loses fat. Now, scientists have discovered why: a small ...

Obese Children Are More Likely to Develop Skin Conditions Related to the Immune System

Aug. 21, 2024 — Childhood obesity can contribute to the development of common immune-mediated skin diseases (IMSDs), such as alopecia areata, atopic dermatitis, and psoriasis, new research finds. Maintaining a ...

Hepatic Disease: A Camu-Camu Fruit Extract to Reduce Liver Fat

Aug. 21, 2024 — A research team has shown the benefits of camu-camu on non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. This exotic fruit reduces liver fat ...

Red and Processed Meat Consumption Associated With Higher Type 2 Diabetes Risk, Study of Two Million People Finds

Aug. 20, 2024 — Meat consumption, particularly consumption of processed meat and unprocessed red meat, is associated with a higher type 2 diabetes risk, an analysis of data from 1.97 million ...

Mother's Gut Microbiome During Pregnancy Shapes Baby's Brain Development

Aug. 20, 2024 — A study in mice has found that the bacteria Bifidobacterium breve in the mother's gut during pregnancy supports healthy brain development in the ...

Weight-Loss Success Depends on Eating More Protein, Fiber While Limiting Calories

Aug. 19, 2024 — Flexibility and personalization were key in optimizing dieters' weight-loss success on the Individualized Diet Improvement Program, created by food ...

Identifying 'Stealth' Sources of Saturated Fat, Added Sugar in the Diet

Aug. 15, 2024 — A newly compiled list of foods and drinks commonly consumed in the United States hints at why many adults unknowingly overdo it on saturated fat and added sugar in their daily diet, a new study ...

Diet Is Main Risk Factor for Colon Cancer in Younger Adults, New Study Suggests

Aug. 14, 2024 — A new study has identified diet-derived molecules called metabolites as main drivers of young-onset colorectal cancer risk, especially those associated with red and processed meat. The report, which ...

Beige Fat Cells With a 'Sisyphus Mechanism'

Aug. 14, 2024 — A new class of fat cells makes people healthier. The cells consume energy and produce heat through seemingly pointless biochemical ...