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A drug used to treat children with epilepsy prevents brain tumor formation and growth in two mouse models of neurofibromatosis type 1 (NF1), according to a study by researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis. NF1 is a genetic condition that causes tumors to grow on nerves throughout the body, including the …
In America, estimates are that nearly a quarter of daily caloric intake comes from snacks. A recent study published in Appetite from Penn State may have implications for helping people to better understand how their eating behavior impacts calories and sodium intake, finding that the size of an individual snack piece influences both how fast …
Recent estimates are that almost half of Americans are not reaching the weekly amount recommended for physical activity. This study published in the American Journal of Health Behavior from Brigham Young University (BYU) suggests a surprisingly simple way to help increase activity time: just put on a wearable activity/fitness monitor. The wearable doesn’t need to …
A recent study from North Carolina State University published in Qualitative Health Research urges people to think twice before going on another diet, highlighting the negative interpersonal and psychological consequences associated with yo-yo dieting and societal stigmas. Yo-Yo dieting is also known as weight cycling, and it is a cycle of gaining weight and dieting …
Home Economics/Family and Consumer Sciences covers aspects from both inside and outside of home life and wellness such as cooking, cleaning/hazards, food groups/nutrition, consumer literacy, family finance/budgets, healthy lifestyles, gardening, and sewing among other helpful life skills, used to be taught from middle school through high school and were required to graduate. Unfortunately, most schools …
In collaboration, a group of international and multidisciplinary researchers with expertise in food addiction, nutrition physiology, food policy, eating disorders, behavioral addiction, and gut-brain reward signaling, have published an analysis in a special edition of the British Medical Journal Food For Thought, with a “controversial” recommendation: “It’s time for an international shift in the way …
In the first peer-reviewed experimental trial with humans to directly compare the effects of treatments on both mental and physical health, exercise was demonstrated to have clear benefits, but antidepressants caused slight physical worsening. Professor Brenda Penninx, of Vrije University presented this study at the ECNP conference in Barcelona after publishing the work in the …
Do you find that you eat more when it’s cold outside? You’re not alone if you do. Now neuroscientists from Scripps Research report in Nature that they have identified the brain circuits that are responsible for making mammals want to eat more when they are exposed to cold temperatures. This discovery could lead to new …
Bad news for Night Owls, recent research published in the Annals of Internal Medicine has found that the even chronotype of going to bed late and waking up late is associated with a 19% increased risk of diabetes after accounting for lifestyle factors. The researchers report that Night Owls tended to have less healthy lifestyles, …
Recent research from the University of Southern California and the University of Arizona published in JAMA suggests that those who spend more time engaging in sedentary behaviors may be at an increased risk of developing dementia. The researchers report finding significant increases among adults who spend more than ten hours a day engaging in sedentary …