Scientists identify rare gene variants that confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity

Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~5 min

Scientists identify rare gene variants which confer up to 6-fold increase in risk of obesity

Cambridge researchers have identified genetic variants in two genes that have some of the largest impacts on obesity risk discovered to date.

Cambridge University News • cambridge
April 4, 2024 ~5 min


How much stress is too much? A psychiatrist explains the links between toxic stress and poor health − and how to get help

No one can escape stress, but sometimes it takes a physical and emotional toll that translates to disease and other health effects. The good news is that there are new approaches to treating it.

Lawson R. Wulsin, Professor of Psychiatry and Family Medicine, University of Cincinnati • conversation
March 19, 2024 ~8 min

Free school meals for all may reduce childhood obesity, while easing financial and logistical burdens for families and schools

Since nutrition standards were strengthened in 2010, eating at school provides many students better diet quality compared with other major U.S. food sources.

Jessica Jones-Smith, Associate Professor of Health Systems and Population Health, Epidemiology, University of Washington • conversation
March 18, 2024 ~10 min

Report Estimates 1 Billion People Worldwide Are Obese

VOA Learning English • voa
March 6, 2024 ~4 min

Genetic mutation in a quarter of all Labradors hard-wires them for obesity

New research finds around a quarter of Labrador retriever dogs face a double-whammy of feeling hungry all the time and burning fewer calories due to a genetic

Cambridge University News • cambridge
March 6, 2024 ~5 min

MIT-led team receives funding to pursue new treatments for metabolic disease

Awarded $65.67 million from ARPA-H, the researchers will work to develop ingestible capsules that deliver mRNA and electric stimuli to treat metabolic disorders such as diabetes.

Anne Trafton | MIT News • mit
Feb. 5, 2024 ~6 min

Scientists identify how fasting may protect against inflammation

Cambridge scientists may have discovered a new way in which fasting helps reduce inflammation – a potentially damaging side-effect of the body’s immune system

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 30, 2024 ~5 min


Feeling depressed linked to short-term increase in bodyweight among people with overweight or obesity

Increases in symptoms of depression are associated with a subsequent increase in bodyweight when measured one month later, new research from the University of

Cambridge University News • cambridge
Jan. 10, 2024 ~4 min

As Zepbound dominates headlines as a new obesity-fighting drug, a nutritionist warns that weight loss shouldn’t be the only goal

Medications can play an important role in weight management, but not at the expense of overall nutrition. And healthy lifestyle habits are also key.

Mandy Conrad, Assistant Clinical Professor in Nutrition and Dietetics, Mississippi State University • conversation
Jan. 10, 2024 ~10 min

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