by Wiley Credit: CC0 Public Domain Rapid weight gain is common when individuals take antipsychotic medications. A study published in Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice explored patients’ experiences of weight change and preferences for managing weight. In interviews with 10 individuals taking antipsychotic medications, patients described that initially the extent and speed of weight gain was...
NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY It may sound strange, but chemicals in plastic may make the bathroom scale a less pleasant place to visit. Every day, we come into contact with plastic products. A lot of plastic is found in food packaging. Plastic packaging is common for practical reasons, because it is cheap and...
FUNDAÇÃO DE AMPARO À PESQUISA DO ESTADO DE SÃO PAULO Treatment with a bile acid derivative known as TUDCA (tauroursodeoxycholic acid) can mitigate metabolic abnormalities associated with Alzheimer’s disease, such as alterations in food intake and body weight, improving the patient’s quality of life, according to the findings of a study conducted at the University...
by Weizmann Institute of Science Gutting out the link between weight gain and smoking cessation. Credit: Weizmann Institute of Science Cigarette smoking, practiced by over a billion people worldwide, is considered a leading cause of disease, accounting for over six million deaths each year. Many people don’t quit smoking, despite expressing a desire to do...
by University of Pennsylvania Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain A study of “dented” internal clocks seems to have provided evidence for a theory as to why people who work late or irregular hours are susceptible to weight gain and diabetes. High rates of shift workers gain weight and develop diabetes, which has been attributed to a...
IMAGE: LACK OF NEGR1 MAY LEAD TO PRE-DIABETES MOSTLY AMONG MALE MICE. CREDIT: CAROLIN KUUSKMÄE’S PHOTO Obesity and diabetes are international concerns that have grown worse over the years. A recent paper published by University of Tartu researchers reveals that the lack of a particular protein, NEGR1, may lead to pre-diabetes mostly among male mice,...
by Josh Barney, University of Virginia Credit: Ziniu Chen, UVA Communications Promising news in the effort to develop drugs to treat obesity comes from University of Virginia scientists who have identified 14 genes that can cause weight gain and three that can prevent it. The findings pave the way for treatments to combat a health problem...
by University of Kansas Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A new study from the University of Kansas in the journal Appetite examines people’s choices when confronted with an all-you-can-eat buffet. It turns out that the food we choose to heap on our plates might predict our chances of having higher weight gain or obesity. The researchers focused...
by University of Sydney Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Consuming foods like soft white bread and jasmine rice lead to greater weight gain after weight loss, new research suggests. Such foods can also raise blood glucose levels, increasing the likelihood of type 2 diabetes. High glycemic index (GI) versions of foods like bread, potato and rice (for...
UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER IMAGE: CHEN LIU, PH.D. CREDIT: UT SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER DALLAS – May 12, 2021 – Scientists with UT Southwestern’s Peter O’Donnell Jr. Brain Institute have identified the molecular mechanism that can cause weight gain for those using a common antipsychotic medication. The findings, published in the Journal of Experimental Medicine, suggest new...
