Showing posts with label overweight. Show all posts
Showing posts with label overweight. Show all posts
Monday, January 13, 2014

How to tackle obesity head-on

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By Melanie Leyshon 25% of adults in the UK are already obese and two-thirds are overweight. Worrying statistics, which, according to P...

Public Talk at the University of Virginia on Friday, January 17

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This Friday, I'll be giving an invited lecture at the University of Virginia, my undergraduate  alma mater .  I was kindly invited by a ...
Friday, January 10, 2014

Sugar in our diets: what's the risk?

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By Paul McArdle,  British Dietetic Association  dietitian and diabetes specialist The newly launched Action on Sugar Campaign is pushin...
Wednesday, January 1, 2014

Free e-Book and Ideal Weight Program 2.0 Announcement

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I'm happy to announce that we're releasing a free e-book titled Why do We Gain Fat, and How do We Lose it? An Introduction to the Sc...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Does the Vitamin and Mineral Content of Food Influence Our Food Intake and Body Fatness?

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The Claim: We Overeat Because Our Diet is Low in Vitamins and Minerals We know that animals, including humans, seek certain properties of fo...
Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Does "Metabolically Healthy Obesity" Exist?

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Obesity is strongly associated with metabolic alterations and negative health outcomes including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and some ...
Monday, November 11, 2013

Recent and Upcoming Appearances

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Smarter Science of Slim Jonathan Bailor recently released an interview we did a few months ago on the neurobiology of body fat regulation, ...
Thursday, October 31, 2013

A breakthrough for type 2 diabetes?

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By Tracy Kelly Can we put type 2 diabetes into long-term remission? It’s a question that’s asked often and to date we don’t have the answer ...
Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Sleep and Genetic Obesity Risk

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Evidence is steadily accumulating that insufficient sleep increases the risk of obesity and undermines fat loss efforts.  Short sleep durati...
Tuesday, September 24, 2013

Speaking in Lisbon on October 5

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My friend Pedro Bastos graciously invited me to speak at a conference he organized in Lisbon on October 5 titled "Food, Nutrition and t...
Tuesday, September 3, 2013

Is Refined Carbohydrate Addictive?

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[Note: in previous versions, I mixed up "LGI" and "HGI" terms in a couple of spots.  These are now corrected.  Thanks to...
Tuesday, August 27, 2013

More Thoughts on Cold Training: Biology Chimes In

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Now that the concept of cold training for cold adaptation and fat loss has received scientific support, I've been thinking more about ho...
Wednesday, August 14, 2013

AHS Talk This Saturday

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For those who are attending the Ancestral Health Symposium this year, my talk will be at 9:00 AM on Saturday.  The title is "Insulin an...
Monday, July 29, 2013

Brown Fat: It's a Big Deal

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Non-shivering thermogenesis is the process by which the body generates extra heat without shivering.  Shivering is a way for the body to us...
Tuesday, July 16, 2013

The Genetics of Obesity, Part III

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Genetics Loads the Gun, Environment Pulls the Trigger Thanks to a WHS reader* for reminding me of the above quote by Dr. Francis Collins, di...
Tuesday, July 2, 2013

The Genetics of Obesity, Part II

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Rodents Lead the Way The study of obesity genetics dates back more than half a century.  In 1949, researchers at the Jackson Laboratories id...
Monday, June 24, 2013

The Genetics of Obesity, Part I

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Choosing the Right Parents: the Best Way to Stay Lean? In 1990, Dr. Claude Bouchard and colleagues published a simple but fascinating study ...