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Weight loss gadgets: They provide data to help consumers achieve diet goals, but it still won’t be easy

I felt a special kind of awe, then panic, watching my glucose levels skyrocket for the first time after relishing a cold beer on a sweltering summer evening.

14 Oct 2022

Children who recover from sepsis are at risk of long-term health consequences, study finds

Even months after critical illness for sepsis, children are at risk for new or worsening medical conditions, a study suggests.

13 Oct 2022

Study shows a new avenue of assessing muscle strength

Muscular strength and its improvement are important to everyone for their regular day-to-day life activities.

12 Oct 2022

Insights into why midlife women gain weight

Weight gain is a common complaint of midlife women, with more than two-thirds of midlife US women being over the ideal weight threshold. Aging-related metabolic changes promote weight gain in both sexes, but women face additional challenges because of menopause.

12 Oct 2022

Study finds an association between early diagnosis of diabetes and earlier menopause

Persons living with diabetes are at greater risk of a number of health conditions including eye and foot problems, heart attacks and strokes, and kidney and nerve damage.

12 Oct 2022

BMI: The mismeasure of weight and the mistreatment of obesity

People who seek medical treatment for obesity or an eating disorder do so with the hope their health plan will pay for part of it. But whether it's covered often comes down to a measure invented almost 200 years ago by a Belgian mathematician as part of his quest to use statistics to define the "average man."

12 Oct 2022

Maternal ultra-processed food consumption may be linked to increased obesity risk in offspring

A mother's consumption of ultra-processed foods appears to be linked to an increased risk of overweight or obesity in her offspring, irrespective of other lifestyle risk factors, suggests a US study published by The BMJ today.

6 Oct 2022

CDC data highlights the urgent need to address widespread national disparities in obesity

Nineteen states and two territories have at least 35% of residents with adult obesity – more than doubling the number of states with a high obesity prevalence since 2018 – according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

6 Oct 2022

Wear and tear from lifelong stress can lead to increased risk of dying from cancer

The wear and tear on the body from chronic and lifelong stress can also lead to an increased risk of dying from cancer, Medical College of Georgia researchers report.

6 Oct 2022

Study shows the important role of hepatocyte adenosine kinase in NAFLD progression

A study led by Texas A&M AgriLife Research provides compelling evidence of the important role of hepatocyte adenosine kinase in the progression of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease, NAFLD.

5 Oct 2022

What were the effects of COVID-19 on our food choices?

In new research, a protocol was proposed to assess the effects of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) on eating behavior and food choices.

3 Oct 2022

Does maternal psychological and biological stress affect the composition of human breast milk?

Researchers investigated the influence of biological and psychological postpartum maternal stress on human milk fatty acid composition through a prospective cohort study in Amsterdam.

30 Sep 2022

Improving care and reducing the morbidity, mortality associated with pediatric AKI

Acute kidney injury occurs (AKI) in one out of four babies, children and young adults during an intensive care stay for any reason, and yet the condition is poorly understood.

30 Sep 2022

Study offers a new glimpse at how DNA variants can impact the lifespan

In a new study of more than 3,000 genetically diverse mice in a multicenter, multiyear project on healthy aging, Maroun Bou Sleiman and colleagues identified several genetic loci that correlate with longevity, offering a new glimpse at how DNA variants can impact the lifespan.

29 Sep 2022

Poor metabolic health parameters are linked to low breast milk production, research shows

New research from UC shows that poor metabolic health parameters are linked to low breast milk production. The study was published in the journal Breastfeeding Medicine.

29 Sep 2022

Less screen time and more physical activity may improve executive function in toddlers

A new study explored whether adherence to American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines for diet and physical activity had any relationship with toddlers' ability to remember, plan, pay attention, shift between tasks and regulate their own thoughts and behavior, a suite of skills known as executive function.

29 Sep 2022

Bionic pancreas more effective at maintaining blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes

A device known as a bionic pancreas, which uses next-generation technology to automatically deliver insulin, was more effective at maintaining blood glucose (sugar) levels within normal range than standard-of-care management among people with type 1 diabetes, a new multicenter clinical trial has found.

28 Sep 2022

Study: Food insecurity among Americans with cardiovascular disease skyrocketed over the last 20 years

The number of Americans with cardiovascular disease who are food insecure – having limited or uncertain access to adequate food – has skyrocketed over the last 20 years, a national study finds.

28 Sep 2022

Actylis Debuts, Signaling the Creation of an Integrated Global Specialty Ingredients Manufacturing and Sourcing Powerhouse

Actylis Integrates Aceto and its 10 Acquired Specialists with Broad Expertise in GMP and Non-GMP Raw Material Manufacturing and Sourcing into a Singular Global Brand

From Actylis 28 Sep 2022

How the gut microbiome could affect COVID-19 severity

Researchers review the potential role of the gut microbiome in determining severe COVID-19.

27 Sep 2022

Nutrition News and Research

Weight loss gadgets: They provide data to help consumers achieve diet goals, but it still won’t be easy

Children who recover from sepsis are at risk of long-term health consequences, study finds

Study shows a new avenue of assessing muscle strength

Insights into why midlife women gain weight

Study finds an association between early diagnosis of diabetes and earlier menopause

BMI: The mismeasure of weight and the mistreatment of obesity

Maternal ultra-processed food consumption may be linked to increased obesity risk in offspring

CDC data highlights the urgent need to address widespread national disparities in obesity

Wear and tear from lifelong stress can lead to increased risk of dying from cancer

Study shows the important role of hepatocyte adenosine kinase in NAFLD progression

What were the effects of COVID-19 on our food choices?

Does maternal psychological and biological stress affect the composition of human breast milk?

Improving care and reducing the morbidity, mortality associated with pediatric AKI

Study offers a new glimpse at how DNA variants can impact the lifespan

Poor metabolic health parameters are linked to low breast milk production, research shows

Less screen time and more physical activity may improve executive function in toddlers

Bionic pancreas more effective at maintaining blood glucose levels in people with type 1 diabetes

Study: Food insecurity among Americans with cardiovascular disease skyrocketed over the last 20 years

Actylis Debuts, Signaling the Creation of an Integrated Global Specialty Ingredients Manufacturing and Sourcing Powerhouse

How the gut microbiome could affect COVID-19 severity

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