Summary: According to a new study, children of obese parents may face neurodevelopmental delays. Source: NIH/NICHD. Children of obese parents may be at risk for developmental delays, according to a study by researchers at the National Institutes of Health. The investigators found that children of obese mothers were more likely to fail tests of fineContinue reading “Delays in Child Development Linked to Parental Obesity”
Category Archives: obesity
Nutrigenomics, anti-aging and obesity
Nutrigenomics is a branch of nutritional genomics and is the study of the effects of foods and food constituents on gene expression.[1] This means that nutrigenomics is research focusing on identifying and understanding molecular-level interaction between nutrients and other dietary bioactiveswith the genome. Nutrigenomics has also been described by the influence of genetic variation onContinue reading “Nutrigenomics, anti-aging and obesity”
Get Some Rest! Catch Up Sleep Can Reduce Diabetes Risk
Two consecutive nights of extended sleep, a typical weekend occurrence, appears to counteract the increased risk of diabetes associated with short-term sleep restriction during the work week, at least in lean, healthy, young men eating a controlled diet. The finding, based on a study performed at the University of Chicago sleep laboratory published early onlineContinue reading “Get Some Rest! Catch Up Sleep Can Reduce Diabetes Risk”
A Molecular Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Some Psychiatric Disorders
New research in The FASEB Journal suggests that prevalent protein found in schizophrenia also plays a direct role in the function of pancreatic beta cells, which produce insulin to maintain blood sugar levels. There may be a genetic connection between some mental health disorders and type 2 diabetes. In a new report appearing in theContinue reading “A Molecular Link Between Type 2 Diabetes and Some Psychiatric Disorders”
Diabetes and Dementia Link: Alzheimer’s Impairs Insulin Signalling
Mount Sinai Researchers Identify Brain Insulin Resistance as Possible New Link Between Alzheimer’s Disease and Diabetes. Several epidemiological studies support the hypothesis that diabetes increases a person’s risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease. However, new research from the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai published in the journal Alzheimer’s and Dementia suggests the reverse—that Alzheimer’sContinue reading “Diabetes and Dementia Link: Alzheimer’s Impairs Insulin Signalling”
Researchers Detail Link Between Stress and Diabetes
Summary: Researchers report they have established a link between emotional stress and diabetes. Source: Rice University. Connection established between anxiety control, inflammation and Type 2 diabetes. A Rice University study has found a link between emotional stress and diabetes, with roots in the brain’s ability to control anxiety. That control lies with the brain’s executiveContinue reading “Researchers Detail Link Between Stress and Diabetes”
New Link Found Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s
Summary: Researchers report a drug used to treat diabetes may be successful at treating Alzheimer’s disease also. Source: University of Aberdeen. Drugs used to treat diabetes could also be used to treat Alzheimer’s disease, and vice versa, according to new research from the University. This is also the first study of its kind to showContinue reading “New Link Found Between Diabetes and Alzheimer’s”
Gray Matter Changes in Teens With Type 2 Diabetes
Summary: Researchers report teens with type 2 diabetes have significant changes in total gray matter volume in the brain. Source: Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center. Teenagers with type 2 diabetes have significant changes in total brain gray matter volume and in regions of gray matter involved in seeing and hearing, memory, emotions, speech, decision making,Continue reading “Gray Matter Changes in Teens With Type 2 Diabetes”
Pasteurised intestinal bacterium reduces effects of obesity and diabetes
A purified membrane protein from Akkermansia muciniphila or the pasteurized bacterium improves metabolism in obese and diabetic mice. Hubert Plovier, Amandine Everard, Céline Druart et al. Advance Online Publication on Nature Medicine’s on …more The intestinal bacterium Akkermansia proves to offer enduring benefits for the intestines of overweight mice and diabetic animals. In experiments,Continue reading “Pasteurised intestinal bacterium reduces effects of obesity and diabetes”
Do obese people have a higher or lower metabolic rate?
Several factors determine your basal metabolic rate: Your body size and composition. If you weigh more or have more muscle mass, you will burn more calories, even at rest. So people who weigh more are more likely to have a faster metabolic rate — not a slower one — because a portion of excess weightContinue reading “Do obese people have a higher or lower metabolic rate?”