Several human studies on consumption of mango (Mangifera indica) have found multiple health benefits associated with the fruit including improved blood...
According to a new study, physical activity can lower the risk of myocardial damage in middle-aged and older adults and reduce the levels of myocardial...
A new study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition suggests that substituting whole grains for refined grains increases calorie loss by...
A research team led by Scripps Research Institute scientist Dr. Supriya Srinivasan has identified a brain hormone that appears to trigger fat burning in...
According to an international team of scientists from New Zealand and Australia, up to 76% of the world’s population is overfat. This amounts to an astonishing...
According to a study published in the journal Frontiers in Physiology, extra vitamin D can restore good bacteria in the gut, giving hope in the fight against...
An international team of scientists has found a new link between the diversity of bacteria in the human fecal microbiome and levels of visceral fat (body...
Researchers have identified a potential new biological marker for the development of obesity, according to a study published online May 11, 2016 in the...
An international team of scientists, led by Dr Gareth Lim and Dr James Johnson from the University of British Columbia, has discovered a gene that could...
A new inherited form of type 2 diabetes and obesity has been discovered by a team of scientists co-led by Dr Anthony Goldstone and Prof Alexandra Blakemore...
Scientists led by Dr David Fairlie from the University of Queensland, Australia, have found abnormal amounts of an inflammatory protein called PAR2 in...
According to a study published in journal Nature Communications, sleep deprivation can make us crave junk food more than healthy food.
The study sheds...
According to a research published online on May 31 in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, a synthetic compound originally derived from...
A new study by scientists at Sahlgrenska Academy, Sweden, shows that humans have two different types of brown fat cells, not one as previously thought.
Newly...
A large multinational team of genetic researchers has identified three unique genetic variations that influence body size and obesity in men and women...
According to scientists reporting in the journal PLoS Medicine, obesity can lead to a lack of vitamin D circulating in the human body.
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An international scientific collaboration led by Dr Ruth Loos of Addenbrooke’s Hospital, Cambridge, UK, and Dr Erik Ingelsson of the Uppsala University,...
A new study published in the Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism suggests that a breath test profile of gut microorganisms may be able to...
