A new study reports high fat and high sugar diets alter gut bacteria and cause changes in cognitive flexibility, or the power to adapt to changes in situations.
According to a new study, teens with a specific variation of the FTO gene are more likely to binge eat.
A new study reports too much extra fat can impair the body's ability to send signals to the brain to stop stress responses.
Do you prefer the taste of fatty food? Are you someone who eats for pleasure rather than for hunger's sake? According to a new study, the tendency to overeat could be due to a hormone deficiency.
Researchers focus on gray matter volume on three areas of the brain. Findings suggest cardiovascular risk factors such as obesity and diabetes could be early indicators for Alzheimer's disease.
According to a new study, those who are aware they are overweight or obese might gain more weight than those who are unaware of their weight problems.
A study reports teens with depression have a higher risk of developing cardiovascular disease.
A new study links spending time in nature with better health and enhanced functioning of the immune system.
Researchers report being obese or overweight could be a risk factor for developing meningioma brain cancer.
According to a new study, the hormone Adiponectin can reverse the negative effects of obesity on offspring when infused into the placenta of obese, pregnant mice.
According to a new study, women with the APOEe4 allele, a genetic variant closely tied to Alzheimer's disease, face sharper weight loss after the age of 70 than those without the gene, whether they go on to develop dementia or not.
A new study reports that when there is more insulin in the brain, more dopamine will be released.