Diet and Weight Loss News

Diet and Weight Loss News

Among public school students in New York City, some of the greatest increases in childhood obesity in recent years were among those socioeconomic and demographic groups already bearing the greatest …


Combining time-restricted eating with high-intensity functional training may improve body composition and cardiometabolic parameters more than either alone, according to new …


Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising strategy for safely activating brown fat and tackling obesity and …


Adding a pre-ketone supplement — a component of a high-fat, low-carb ketogenic diet — to a type of cancer therapy in a laboratory setting was highly effective for treating prostate cancer, …


Researchers have found that vitamin D encourages the growth of a type of gut bacteria in mice which improves immunity to …


New research has highlighted the profound link between dietary choices and brain …


Researchers have found that people following healthy eating accounts on social media for as little as two weeks ate more fruit and vegetables and less junk …


While most parents of preschool and elementary aged children strive to give their children a balanced, nutritional diet, some of their strategies to promote healthy eating may backfire, a national …


Dietary treatment is more effective than medications in irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). With dietary adjustments, more than seven out of ten patients had significantly reduced …


The annual influenza vaccine has become less effective on average over time. One reason may be reduced vaccine efficacy in people with obesity than those with a healthier body mass index (BMI), while …


In the long history of recommendations for nutritional intake, current research is trending toward the concept of ‘food as medicine’ — a philosophy in which food and nutrition are …


The rate at which human cells age is influenced by multiple interconnected factors. New research examined how restricting calories influences telomere length and biological …


A mice study suggests a father’s diet may shape the anxiety of his sons and the metabolic health of his daughters before they are even …


A study on the effects of a junk food diet on rats reinforces scientific understanding about the gut-brain …


People who as teenagers felt pressure to lose weight from family or from the media, females, people who are not heterosexual, and people experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage, are most at risk of …


Researchers have found that microplastics — are having a significant impact on our digestive pathways, making their way from the gut and into the tissues of the kidney, liver and …


Consuming sugar-sweetened drinks in the first few years of childhood can be linked to poor diet patterns that increase the risk of obesity in later life, according to a new …


A research team has unearthed new findings which may help explain the connection between cancer risk and poor diet, as well as common diseases like diabetes, which arise from poor diet. The insights …


Researchers have discovered the biochemical workings of an old-fashioned diabetes drug, and it’s helping them develop new, safer …


What we eat can impact our health as well as the environment. Many studies have looked at the impacts of diets in very general terms focused at the level of food groups. A new study explores this …