NIH/EUNICE KENNEDY SHRIVER NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHILD HEALTH AND HUMAN DEVELOPMENT Youth who said they were teased or ridiculed about their weight increased their body mass by 33 percent more each year, compared to a similar group who had not been teased, according to researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The findings appear to...
Tag: <span>Weight Gain</span>
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More evidence links weight gain to meal times
By Tim Newman Fact checked by Isabel Godfrey A recent small-scale study adds to the growing evidence of an association between eating later in the day and weight gain. Using unique tracking methods, the researchers add more detail to the theory. As adult obesity rates in the United States continue to rise, finding ways to curb...
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Mannose’s unexpected effects on the microbiome and weight gain
Scientists continue to unravel links between body weight and the gut microbiome. Now, researchers from Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute (SBP) report an unexpected finding: mice fed a fatty diet and mannose, a sugar, were protected from weight gain, leaner, and more fit—and this effect tracked with changes in the gut microbiome. The study...
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The molecular changes caused by sleep loss, and how that leads to weight gain
A great number of observational studies have suggested that sleep loss or disrupted circadian rhythms due to shift work are associated with obesity, type 2 diabetes and a variety of other dysfunctional metabolic conditions. A study from Uppsala University is now offering evidence that helps better explain how tissue-level molecular changes are brought on by...
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New study finds that fat consumption is the only cause of weight gain
July 13, 2018 by Laura Graham, University of Aberdeen Scientists from the University of Aberdeen and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have undertaken the largest study of its kind looking at what components of diet—fat, carbohydrates or protein—caused mice to gain weight. Credit: CC0 Public DomainSince food consists of fat, protein and carbs, it has proven difficult to...
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Sugar, Not Fat, Causes Weight Gain: Professor Of Medicine
A professor at the Indiana University School of Medicine has explained that the real culprit behind getting fat is eating sugar and not fat. Aaron Carroll, a pediatrics professor, has said that it is perfectly fine to eat avocados, nuts, cream, and butter. Sugar Linked To Weight Gain And Obesity Consuming fats does not make...
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Gene therapy with BMP4 protects against weight gain and insulin resistance in mice
“By increasing BMP4, we can increase the metabolic rate, but we only see this in initially lean mice. Overweight mice proved to have a BMP4 resistance, which is also an important finding,” says Jenny Hoffmann, first author of the article and active at the Lundberg Laboratory for Diabetes Research. She recently earned her PhD in...
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Study Suggests Link Between Artificial Sweeteners and Weight Gain
NEW YORK — Could the no-calorie sweetener you rely on to replace sugar in your diet actually cause weight gain instead of the weight loss you were expecting? The answer may be yes, according to a new study. “People are generally consuming non-nutritive sweeteners believing they are a ‘healthy choice’, but this may not be...