In these days of increased eating, obesity and diabetes, it’s important to know that children ages six to eight need only 1,200 to 1,600 calories a day

Eighty-one overweight and obese women with type 2 diabetes who were trying to lose weight to control their diabetes were recruited from the NovinDiet Clinic

Researchers investigated how the nutritional content of National School Lunch Program entrées chosen by students varied across different socioeconomic and demographic groups and impacted their health

Preventing beige fat cells from digesting their own energy sources reduces obesity and pre-diabetic symptoms in mice

Naima Moustaid-Moussa, an obesity researcher at Texas Tech, received an NIH grant to examine healthy brown fat and how it can be activated

In the study, 62 children remained in the test group for two years, 82 students were in the test group one year and the control group one year, and 49 students were in the control group both year

Eating foods high in added sugars throughout childhood is linked to the development of risk factors for heart disease

Limiting weight gain could help to reduce risk of these cancers

“While food AGEs are prevalent, particularly in Western diets, our study showed that avoiding foods high in AGEs could actually reverse the damage that had been done,” said researcher

No clear common signature seen across ten studies taken together