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High-Sugar Diet Deadens Sweet Tooth, Promotes Overeating in Flies

May 17, 2019

After feeding fruit flies a high-sugar diet, the flies’ taste neurons triggered a molecular chain-reaction that hampere...

Could a Popular Food Ingredient Raise the Risk for Diabetes and Obesity?

April 25, 2019

Understanding how ingredients affect the body's metabolism at the molecular and cellular level could help tackle the dual epi...

How Lifestyle Affects Our Genes

April 24, 2019

Disruptions in the epigenetic machinery may lead to diseases such as obesity and type 2 diabetes

High-Fructose Corn Syrup Promotes Intestinal Tumors in Mice

March 26, 2019

Consuming a daily modest amount of high-fructose corn syrup accelerates the growth of intestinal tumors in mouse models, inde...

Implantable Device Aids Weight Loss

December 19, 2018

New battery-free, easily implantable weight-loss devices could offer a promising new weapon for battling the bulge

CRISPR Joins Battle of the Bulge, Fights Obesity without Edits to Genome

December 14, 2018

The researchers achieved long-lasting weight control without making a single edit to the genome

Immigration to the United States Changes a Person's Microbiome

November 2, 2018

The study of communities migrating from Southeast Asia could provide insight into some of the metabolic health issues affecti...

Weight Loss Drug Shows Positive Effect on Diabetes

October 4, 2018

Lorcaserin decreased risk for diabetes, induced diabetes remission, and reduced risk of diabetes complications in obese and o...

How Sleep Loss May Contribute to Adverse Weight Gain

August 28, 2018

Epidemiological studies have shown that the risk for obesity and type 2 diabetes is elevated in those who suffer from chronic...

Found: A Destructive Mechanism That Blocks the Brain from Knowing When to Stop Eating

August 23, 2018

An international team of researchers has uncovered a destructive mechanism at the molecular level that causes a well-known ph...

Obesity Extends Duration of Influenza a Virus Shedding

August 3, 2018

NIAID-funded study examines shedding in 320 households during three flu seasons

Anti-Obesity Drug Derived from Chili Peppers Shows Promise in Animal Trials

July 17, 2018

A novel drug based on capsaicin, the compound that gives chili peppers their spicy burn, caused long-term weight loss and i...

Obesity Alone Does Not Increase Risk of Death

July 13, 2018

Researchers have found that patients who have metabolic healthy obesity, but no other metabolic risk factors, do not have an ...

Early-Life Obesity Impacts Children's Learning and Memory, Study Suggests

May 24, 2018

The study found a link between children's weight status in the first two years of life and their school-age performance on co...

Characterizing 'Keyhole' Is First Step to Fighting Obesity at the Cellular Level

April 20, 2018

The team determined the first crystal structure for a neuropeptide Y receptor, deciphering the thousands of carbon, oxygen, n...

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