Bypass Surgery Results in Long Term Health Benefits and Weight Loss
There are more than 30 million Americans that are classified as obese or extremely obese. A new study shows that they might benefit from surgery…
Obesity News
Early Intake of Antibiotics Linked to Obesity in Mice
Bacteria living within the gut could have a link to obesity, possibly explaining how antibiotics fatten farm animals, and humans as well, and predispose some…
SIRT1 Protein Slows Aging and Protects Against Diabetes
A new study from MIT looks at what happens when the SIRT1 protein is missing from adipose tissue in mice, finding that SIRT1 protects from…
KL001 Interacts With Cryptochrome, May Offer a New Way to Treat Diabetes
By affecting the activity of cryptochrome, a key protein that regulates the internal mechanisms of our daily night and day activities, KL001 provides a tool…
Beige Fat May Have Therapeutic Potential for Treating Obesity
A team of researchers isolated and determined the unique genetic profile of beige fat for the first time, finding that beige fat is genetically distinct…
A Low-Glycemic Diet is More Effective at Burning Calories
A new study from Boston Children’s Hospital found that all calories are not created equal, suggesting that a low-glycemic load diet is more effective than…
The Hunger–Obesity Paradox: Obesity Affects One-Third of US Homeless
A new study from Harvard Medical School and Oxford University reports that obesity may have replaced underweight as the new malnutrition of the homeless and…
Obese Children with Genetic Variants Susceptible to Fatty Liver Disease
While conducting a study on liver disease in children, researchers from the Yale School of Medicine found that a common genetic variant was associated with…
Endocannabinoids Could Reduce or Eliminate Obesity
New research published today in the journal Cell Metabolism indicates that endocannabinoids might enable organisms to stay thin without the need for exercise or diets….
Altered Microbes that Cause Obesity & Chronic Liver Disease May be Infectious
Research from scientists at the Yale School of Medicine suggests that obesity and chronic liver disease from altered populations of microbes in the stomach may…
Worldwide Rise in Type 1 Diabetes Could Be Linked to Obesity
As obesity rises in the worldwide population, so does its effect on health, which includes joint damage, heart disease, stroke, diabetes and its complications. However,…
