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Distress Signal from Fat Cells Prompts Heart to Shore Up Defenses Against Consequences of Obesity

August 27, 2021
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Dallas, TX — A stress signal received by the heart from fat could help protect against cardiac damage induced by obesity, a new study led by UT Southwestern researchers suggests. The finding, published...

Research Uncovers How Fructose in the Diet Contributes to Obesity

August 25, 2021
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New York, NY — Eating fructose appears to alter cells in the digestive tract in a way that enables it to take in more nutrients, according to a preclinical study from investigators at Weill Cornell...

Researchers Identify Promising New Biologics for Obesity-Related Diseases

May 19, 2021
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Hong Kong, China — The research teams at the University of Hong Kong led by Professor Xuechen LI from the Research Division for Chemistry and Department of Chemistry, and Professor Yu WANG from the...

Tiny Wireless Device Sheds Light on Combating Obesity

January 13, 2021
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College Station, TX — Gastric bypass surgery is sometimes the last resort for those who struggle with obesity or have serious health-related issues due to their weight. Since this procedure involves...

Obesity Impairs Immune Cell Function, Accelerates Tumour Growth

December 11, 2020
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Boston, MA — Obesity has been linked to increased risk for over a dozen different types of cancer, as well as worse prognosis and survival. Over the years, scientists have identified obesity-related...

Diet and Lifestyle During Pregnancy Linked to Modifications in Infants’ DNA

November 6, 2020
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Southampton, UK — A new study has shown pregnant women with obesity could reduce the health risks for their infants through improved diet and more physical activity. Research published today in...

Researchers Discover a Mechanism Allowing Immune Cells to Regulate Obesity

September 21, 2020
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Madrid, Spain — Macrophages are immune system cells. They are essential in the early response to infections, and they also have a key role in the proper functioning of our tissues and the regulation...

Overweight and Obesity are Associated with Low Sperm Quality

July 28, 2020
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Tarragona, Spain — Infertility affects between 10 and 15% of all couples of reproductive ages and can be caused by a wide variety of factors: genetic, physiological, environmental and nutritional.Although...

Study Discovers BAM15 as a Potential Treatment for Obesity

June 10, 2020
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Baton, Rouge, LA — A new study offers the first evidence that a protein named BAM15 acts as an energy uncoupler and could be an effective drug for treating obesity and related diseases. The study...

Drug Researcher Develops ‘Fat Burning’ Molecule

June 9, 2020
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Blacksburg, VA — Obesity affects more than 40 percent of adults in the United States and 13 percent of the global population. With obesity comes a variety of other interconnected diseases including...

How Fat Cell’s Immune Response Makes Obesity Worse

June 4, 2020
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Cincinnati, OH — When obesity occurs, a person’s own fat cells can set off a complex inflammatory chain reaction that can further disrupt metabolism and weaken immune response–potentially...

Different Kinds of White Fat are Important in Disease

May 5, 2020
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Boston, MA — Excess white fat causes obesity, which in turn can drive diabetes and many other metabolic diseases that are growing at epidemic rates around the world. But all white fat is not born equal....

Obesity Protein Discovery may Lead to Better Treatments

April 27, 2020
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Los Angeles, CA — A USC-led international team of scientists has found the precise shape of a key player in human metabolism, which could lead the way to better treatments for obesity and other metabolic...

Specialized Nerve Cells Increase Appetite for High-Fat Foods

April 23, 2020
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Köln, Germany — High-calorie, energy-dense foods are constantly available in our modern society. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute for Metabolism Research in Cologne have discovered that a group...

Researchers Identify Link Between Obesity and Sleep Loss in Worms

April 22, 2020
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Philadelphia, PA — Can staying up late make you fat? A growing body of research has suggested that poor sleep quality is linked to an increased risk of obesity by deregulating appetite, which in turn...

Researchers Find Opioid Prescriptions Linked to Obesity

April 3, 2020
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Boston, MA — Two new studies from the Boston University School of Public Health (BUSPH) shed light on the relationship between obesity and the use of prescription opioids in the United States. One...

Daily Avocado Consumption Improves Attention in Persons with Overweight, Obesity, Study Shows

March 12, 2020
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Champaign, IL — A diet including daily avocado consumption improves the ability to focus attention in adults whose measurements of height and weight are categorized as overweight or obese, a new randomized...

Biomarker in Saliva Predicts Childhood Obesity Risk

March 9, 2020
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Nashville, TN — A molecular marker in saliva is associated with the emergence of childhood obesity in a group of preschool-aged Hispanic children. The intriguing discovery, reported in the journal BMC...

Green Tea Extract Combined with Exercise Reduces Fatty Liver Disease in Mice

February 17, 2020
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State College, PA — The combination of green tea extract and exercise reduced the severity of obesity-related fatty liver disease by 75% in mice fed a high-fat diet, according to Penn State researchers,...

10,000 Steps a Day: Not a Magical Formula for Preventing Weight Gain

February 17, 2020
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London, UK — For years now, 10,000 steps a day has become the gold standard for people trying to improve their health — and recent research shows some benefits can come from even just 7,500 steps....

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