Archive for the ‘Scientific Research’ Category

A recent study confirms that people who habitually consume fast food weight significantly more than those who do not. Details below, after the jump. People who eat several fast-food meals a week are significantly heavier than those who don't...

U.S. schools have made improvements in the last six years, according to data from a survey conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention: The survey, which is conducted every six years, shows that more schools than six years ago offer...

A major obesity study has just been released in the UK, projecting a gloomy future: The extent of the obesity epidemic was laid bare yesterday as it was disclosed that more than half of adults and a quarter of children will be dangerously overweight by...

A recent study has posed the question: It's a bit complicated, but basically, it's the net calorie deficit - expending more energy than you consume - that counts, said Eric Ravussin, a physiologist at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton...

The chocolate cravings you have may not be strictly your own, a new study reports: A small study links the type of bacteria living in people's digestive system to a desire for chocolate. Everyone has a vast community of microbes in their guts. But people...