Jul
14
Crucial Aspects Of Brain Dopamine Signaling Altered By A High Fat Diet
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Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that prolonged exposure to a high fat diet is correlated with changes in the brain chemical dopamine within the striatum, a critical component of the brain’s reward system…
Jul
14
Brain Responses In Obesity Are More Weakly Linked To Feelings Of Hunger
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New research finds that the brains of overweight people are less sensitive to feelings of hunger when responding to the smell and taste of food, compared to healthy weight individuals Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds tha…
Jul
14
Adiposity Hormone, Leptin, Regulates Food Intake By Influencing Learning And Memory
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New animal research reveals mechanism that links memory and feeding behavior with leptin, a hormone released from fat cells Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that the hormone leptin reduces food intake, in part, by ac…
Jul
14
New Research Finds That Obese Men Are Less Good At Tasting Fat And Less Responsive To The Effects Of Fat In The Gut Than Lean Men
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Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds marked differences between obese and lean men in how they respond to the taste of fat…
Jul
14
Training First-Time Parents To Feed Their Infants "Responsively" Promotes A More Healthful Diet
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Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, shows that teaching first-time mothers to feed their babies “responsively” promotes higher acceptance of vegetables and novel foods by their infants…
Jul
14
New Research Finds That Chemicals In Soy Reduce Weight Gain In A Rat Model Of Menopause
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Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, finds that a diet rich in soy prevents weight gain in post-menopausal female rats…
Jul
14
Research presented at the Annual Meeting of the Society for the Study of Ingestive Behavior (SSIB), the foremost society for research into all aspects of eating and drinking behavior, suggests that the key to losing weight could lie in manipulating our beliefs about how filling we think food will be before we eat it, suggesting that portion control is all a matter of perception…
Jun
25
Gastric bypass surgery can help lower cholesterol and improve the ratio of total cholesterol to HDL (good) cholesterol, according to a new study presented here at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)…
Jun
25
New Study Finds Women Face Fewer Complications After Gastric Bypass Surgery
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A study of nearly 38,000 patients found Caucasian, Hispanic and female patients have the fewest complications and the shortest hospital stays after laparoscopic gastric bypass surgery, according to University of Nebraska Medical Center researchers who presented their findings today at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)…
Jun
24
Patients Denied Insurance For Bariatric Surgery Developed Hypertension, Type 2 Diabetes, And Sleep Apnea
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Patients who were denied bariatric surgery for insurance reasons developed a slew of new obesity-related diseases and conditions within three years of follow-up, according to a new study presented here at the 27th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Metabolic & Bariatric Surgery (ASMBS)…