A new UCLA psychology study provides evidence that being overweight makes people tired and sedentary – not the other way around.Life scientists led by UCLA’s Aaron Blaisdell placed 32 female rats on one of two diets for six months. The first, a standard rat’s diet, consisted of relatively unprocessed foods like ground corn and fish meal.
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Glial cell line-derived neurotrophic factor could help the body resist weight gain
In a new study, Simon Musyoka Mwangi and colleagues tested whether higher levels of a certain protein help fight the weight gain and health problems caused by eating the wrong foods.More than one-third of people in the US are obese.