News tagged with fatty foods

Western diet link to ADHD

A new study from Perth's Telethon Institute for Child Health Research shows an association between ADHD and a 'Western-style' diet in adolescents.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jul 29, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (11) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

Got a craving for fast food? Skip the coffee, study says

Eating a fatty fast food meal is never good for you, but washing that meal down with a coffee is even worse, according to a new University of Guelph study.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 01, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (8) | comments 6 | with audio podcast

Milkshake like cocaine for overeaters: Imaging shows the powerful impact food has on the brain

Millions of overweight Americans consider food the enemy. And according to new research, this enemy plays devious mind games.

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 30, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (5) | comments 1 | with audio podcast

New evidence that vinegar may be natural fat-fighter

Researchers in Japan are reporting new evidence that the ordinary vinegar -- a staple in oil-and-vinegar salad dressings, pickles, and other foods -- may live up to its age-old reputation in folk medicine ...

Chemistry / Other

created Jun 19, 2009 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New associations between diabetes, environmental factors found by novel analytic technique

Got diabetes? If so, you probably know that the adult-onset form of the disease can be triggered by, among other things, obesity and a fatty diet. You're also more likely to develop diabetes if other family members have it. ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created May 20, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 1

Marmots can teach us about obesity

A nutrient that's common to all living things can make hibernating marmots hungry - a breakthrough that could help scientists understand human obesity and eating disorders, according to a new study by a Colorado State University ...

Biology / Other

created Jun 02, 2010 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

Fish food fight: Fish don't eat trees after all, says new study

(PhysOrg.com) -- What constitutes fish food is a matter of debate. A high-profile study a few years ago suggested that fish get almost 50 percent of their carbon from trees and leaves, evidence for a very ...

Biology / Ecology

created Nov 24, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Getting enough sleep? They aren't in West Virginia

(AP) -- Sleepless in Seattle? Hardly. West Virginia is where people are really staying awake, according to the first government study to monitor state-by-state differences in sleeplessness.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2

Cellular secrets of plant fatty acid production understood; discovery could boost bioeconomy

(Phys.org) -- Research groups from Iowa State University and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies have uncovered the function of three plant proteins, a discovery that could help plant scientists boost ...

Biology / Biotechnology

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

Americans think their diet healthy, poll shows it's not

Nine in 10 Americans say their diet is healthy but only a quarter limit the amount of fat or sugar they eat, and two-thirds don't eat enough fruit and vegetables, a poll published Tuesday found.

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jan 04, 2011 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Denmark levies world's first fat tax

Denmark Saturday became the first country in the world to impose a fat tax after a week in which consumers hoarded butter, pizza, meat and milk to avoid the immediate effects.

Technology / Business

created Oct 01, 2011 | popularity 1.8 / 5 (6) | comments 10

Maternal personality affects child's eating habits

Mothers with many negative thoughts and feelings are more likely to give their children unhealthy food. This is shown in a study from the Norwegian Institute of Public Health (NIPH) in collaboration with the University of ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Apr 03, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Nonagenarian researcher petitions FDA to ban trans fats

"I request to ban trans fats from the American diet." Thus begins a 3,000-word petition to the Food and Drug Administration, the work of a man on a dogged, decades-old crusade to eradicate trans fats from ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Sep 03, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Rats move toward the food but do not eat

Scientists led a rat to the fatty food, but they couldn't make it eat. Using an animal model of binge eating, University of Missouri researchers discovered that deactivating the basolateral amygdala, a brain ...

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

'Junk food' moms have 'junk food' babies

A new research report published online in The FASEB Journal suggests that pregnant mothers who eat high sugar and high fat diets have babies who are likely to become junk food junkies themselves. According to the report, which ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0