Endocrine Society’s Scientific Statement examines challenges of managing obesity Whether you pick low-carb, low fat or another diet plan, scientific research indicates each can help some people achieve modest long-term weight loss with potential improvement in health risks, according to the Scientific Statement the Endocrine Society issued today on managing obesity. The authors found the...
A high-fat, high-sugar (HFHS) diet may cause obesity-related reproductive dysfunction, according to an animal study that was recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. Researchers led by Natalia Toporikova, PhD, of Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Va., point out that obesity is associated with multiple metabolic and reproductive disorders, but the mechanisms...
Researchers in South Africa have shown that regularly drinking sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) contributes to the development of diabetes, high blood pressure, metabolic syndrome, and other endemic health problems, according to a review recently published in the Journal of the Endocrine Society. The review’s authors, led by M. Faadiel Essop, PhD, of Stellenbosch University in Stellenbosch,...
When expectant mothers have elevated blood pressure during pregnancy, it may raise their children’s risk of developing childhood obesity, according to a study recently published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism. “Our study is the first to demonstrate that among pregnant women, elevated blood pressure is associated with a greater risk of overweight...
A study recently published in Diabetes Care investigated the effects of is Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery (RYGB) on central nervous system (CNS) activation in response to food cues, measured with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI). Researchers led by Richard G. Ijzerman of VU Medical Center in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, point out that it has been...
Seven years after bariatric surgery, 44 percent of patients with severe obesity had their diabetes under control and were able to stop taking insulin, and 15 percent achieved diabetes remission, according to researchers from the Cleveland Clinic in Ohio who presented their findings today at ObesityWeek 2017, the largest international event focused on the basic...
In yet another indictment of endocrine-disrupting chemicals, researchers have found a mechanism through which tributyltin (TBT) causes obesity and alters adipose lineage, according to an article recently published in Endocrinology. The researchers, led by Bruce Blumberg, PhD, of the University of California, Irvine, point out that nearly 40 percent of American adults are now obese,...
Obesity leads to the release of cytokines into the bloodstream which impact the metabolism of breast cancer cells, making them more aggressive as a result. Scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische Universität München (TUM), and Heidelberg University Hospital report on this in Cell Metabolism. The team has already been able to halt this mechanism with...
Obesity leads to the release of cytokines into the bloodstream which impact the metabolism of breast cancer cells, making them more aggressive as a result. Scientists from Helmholtz Zentrum München, Technische Universität München (TUM), and Heidelberg University Hospital report on this in Cell Metabolism. The team has already been able to halt this mechanism with...
