Tag: Obesity

• Research discovers beneficial role of omega-3 fatty acids on brown fat

  Omega-3 fatty acids are able to stimulate the activation of brown and beige adipose tissues, a discovery that would promote the development of new therapies for obesity and other metabolism diseases, according to a research study published in the journal Nature Communications under the supervision of Professor Francesc Villarroya, from the Department of Biochemistry and…

  Sreeram Penna

  November 21, 2016

• Obese patients with monoclonal gammopathy of undetermined significance (MGUS) are at higher risk of progression to multiple myeloma

  New research shows that excess weight increases the risk that a benign blood disorder will progress into multiple myeloma, a cancer of the blood. The study, by a team at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis, is published Nov. 18 in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Being overweight or obese has…

  Sreeram Penna

  November 20, 2016

• Sleep loss and change in gut microbiota

  Results from a new clinical study conducted at Uppsala University suggest that curtailing sleep alters the abundance of bacterial gut species that have previously been linked to compromised human metabolic health. The new article is published in the journal Molecular Metabolism. Changes in the composition and diversity of the gut microbiota have been associated with…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 26, 2016

• Research finds role of Rap1 gene in obesity and glucose metabolism

  Credit: M. Fukuda/Cell Reports Scientists at Baylor College of Medicine, the National Institutes of Health and Virginia Tech Carilion Research Institute have discovered a new mechanism in the mouse brain that regulates obesity. The study, which appears in Cell Reports today, shows that this new mechanism can potentially be targeted to treat obesity. Fukuda and colleagues…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 22, 2016

• New molecule Beta-LGND2 may help fight obesity

  New research, published online in The FASEB Journal, suggests that activation of a chemical called Beta-LGND2 by the estrogen receptor Beta (ER-Beta) reduces obesity and metabolic diseases in mice by converting bad fat (white fat) to good fat (brown fat). This is significant as brown fat increases metabolism and may facilitate weight loss. “Although there…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 15, 2016

• Understanding biochemical functions of Xanthohumol – a possible avenue to treat metabolic syndrome

  (Corvallis) – Researchers at Oregon State University have made a fundamental advance in understanding xanthohumol – a compound found in hops that’s of significant interest to prevent or treat the lipid and metabolic disorders that are a primary killer of people in the developed world. The scientists identified for the first time more precisely how…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 14, 2016

• Research finds differences in obesity rates between children/teens with and without autism

  Children and teens with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) may be more likely to be obese and stay obese during adolescence than their peers without ASD, according to a new epidemiological study led by researchers from Tufts University School of Medicine and published online in Childhood Obesity in advance of print. Previous studies have found that…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 13, 2016

• Researchers predict increase in obesity linked conditions in children

  Researchers’ global estimates indicate that by 2025, some 268 million children aged 5 to 17 years may be overweight, including 91 million obese, assuming no policy interventions have proven effective at changing current trends. Timed to coincide with this year’s World Obesity Day, which is observed on October 11, investigators have also released data anticipating…

  Sreeram Penna

  October 10, 2016