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Prenatal exposure to BPA affects fat tissues in sheep New research suggests that fetal exposure to the common environmental chemical bisphenol A, or BPA, causes increased inflammation in fat tissues after birth, which can lead to obesity and metabolic syndrome.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 4:21 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Bariatric surgery restores nerve cell properties altered by diet Understanding how gastric bypass surgery changes the properties of nerve cells that help regulate the digestive system could lead to new treatments that produce the same results without surgery, according to scientists who have shown how surgery restores
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:13 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Vitamin D deficiency may raise allergy and asthma risk in obese children, teens One reason why obese children and teenagers are more likely to have hard-to-control asthma and allergies may be vitamin D deficiency, a new study finds.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:11 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Estrogen replacement therapy helps reduce anxiety in anorexia nervosa Estrogen replacement therapy is associated with a significant decrease in anxiety symptoms among girls with anorexia nervosa, a new clinical trial finds.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:09 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Weight loss improves memory and alters brain activity in overweight women Memory improves in older, overweight women after they lose weight by dieting, and their brain activity actually changes in the regions of the brain that are important for memory tasks, a new study finds.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:09 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Too little sleep may trigger the 'munchies' by raising levels of an appetite-controlling molecule Insufficient sleep may contribute to weight gain and obesity by raising levels of a substance in the body that is a natural appetite stimulant, a new study finds.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:09 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Drugs used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure may help decrease obesity A type of drug normally used to treat heart failure and high blood pressure helped prevent weight gain and other complications related to a high-fat diet in an animal study.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:09 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Excessive salt consumption appears to be bad for your bones A high-salt diet raises a womans risk of breaking a bone after menopause, no matter what her bone density is, according to a new study.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:09 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Adolescents' high-fat diet impairs memory and learning A high-fat diet in adolescence appears to have long-lasting effects on learning and memory during adulthood, a new study in mice finds.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:08 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

Short-term antidepressant use, stress, high-fat diet linked to long-term weight gain Short-term use of antidepressants, combined with stress and a high-fat diet, is associated with long-term increases in body weight, a new animal study finds.
Science Daily | Jun 17, 2013 3:08 PM [GMT] | comment? | recommend

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