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Unique brain circuit is linked to body mass index
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Unique brain circuit is linked to body mass index

MAY 16, 2024 by Northwestern University Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Why can some people easily stop eating when they are full and others can’t, which can lead to obesity? A Northwestern Medicine study has found one reason may be a newly discovered structural connection between two regions in the brain that appears to be involved...

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J-shaped association seen for BMI, Hodgkin lymphoma

(HealthDay)—There is a strong positive association between body mass index (BMI) and incident Hodgkin lymphoma(HL), with the positive association seen at BMIs greater than 24.2 kg/m², according to a study recently published in the British Journal of Cancer. Helen Strongman, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, and colleagues examined the shape of the correlation between BMI and HL in individuals aged 16...