Science for a Healthier Tomorrow
Does Obesity in Your 20s Raise Cancer Risk?
In 6.3 million Korean adults aged 20 to 39, class II obesity was linked to 2.62% ten-year cancer incidence versus 1.84% at normal weight.
Does Whole-Grain Processing Matter?
In a 12-week trial of 160 adults with type 2 diabetes, minimally processed whole grains lowered HbA1c about 0.2 percentage points more than milled ones.
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Can Emotional Skills Stop Teen Weight Regain?
Adding emotion-regulation skills to family-based teen weight treatment gave no extra loss during treatment but less regain a year later, a small effect.
Does Ultra-Processed Food Change Kids’ Brains?
In 46 children of healthy weight, more ultra-processed calories tracked a stronger dorsal striatal food-cue response, but the one-year fat link was borderline.
Can a Probiotic Change Your Metabolism?
A 12-week trial found 0.75 kg more weight loss on a probiotic strain than placebo — about 1% of body weight; no significant effect on blood pressure or lipids.
Does Fiber Heal the Gut?
A seaweed fiber helped mice recover from colitis, but in a 48-patient ulcerative colitis trial it did not beat placebo on the registered endpoint.
Does Brown Fat Protect Against Diabetes?
A 101,243-patient cohort links brown fat to lower odds of diabetes, and losartan to brown fat — but the metabolism claim comes from mice, not people.
Does a Glucose Monitor Help Without Insulin?
In an open-label 26-week trial, adults with type 2 diabetes not on insulin lowered HbA1c 0.9 percentage points more with a CGM; the device maker paid.
Is Metabolic Health More Important Than Weight?
A 44-study meta-analysis finds poor metabolic health predicts heart risk at least as strongly as weight category — but with caveats about pooled data.
Do Ultra-Processed Foods Cause Colorectal Cancer?
A 19-year study of 461,682 older US adults found no overall link between ultra-processed food and colorectal cancer — but risk split by food type.
How Many People Have Clinical Obesity?
A 786,557-person analysis finds a new clinical obesity definition counts more older adults than BMI but fewer young children; the authors call it preliminary.
Which Obesity Drugs Work for Teens?
A network meta-analysis of 42 trials found medication plus lifestyle counseling gave the greatest short-term BMI reduction in children and teens.
Can GLP-1 Drugs Slow Aging?
Semaglutide extended median lifespan in female mice, but the human anti-aging case rests on a company preprint and unpublished biomarker data.
Can Vegetarians Build as Much Muscle?
A 12-week trial in 108 adults 55+ found both vegetarian and omnivorous diets built muscle — but non-inferiority wasn’t proven and vegetarian protein was lower.
Does Exercise Beat Weight-Loss Drugs for Your Arteries?
In a prespecified S-LiTE analysis, one year of exercise — not liraglutide alone — tracked with thinner carotid artery walls in 130 adults with obesity.
Can Diet Stop Menopause Weight Gain?
A 12-year study of 38,283 US women tied plant-forward diets to slightly less weight gain at menopause — an association, not proof diet stops it.
Does a Longevity Diet Work in Humans?
In old mice a low-protein diet with added methionine cut fat and frailty without cutting calories but did not extend life; a human diabetes link was unadjusted.