Nutrition

Consuming a high-fat, high-sugar diet causes a harmful accumulation of fat in the liver that may not reverse even after switching to a healthier...

The emergence of autism in children has not only been linked to genes encoding synaptic proteins—among others—but also environmental insults such as zinc deficiency. Although...

Researchers reporting in Current Biology on November 8 have made the surprising discovery that the number of calories people burn while at rest changes...

When searching a fromagerie for the perfect chunk of cheddar or parmesan, cheese aficionados have probably never grilled vendors over what kind of music...

From the standpoint of heart health, the Tsimane are a model group. A population indigenous to the Bolivian Amazon, the Tsimane demonstrate next to no...

College students who drink alcohol don't typically intend to drink to the point that they "black out," and they also don't fully grasp what...

Researchers at the University of Georgia have found that a high-fat diet enriched with cottonseed oil drastically improved cholesterol profiles in young adult men. The...

Young children prescribed antibiotics and, to a lesser extent, drugs to curb excess stomach acid, may be at heightened risk of obesity, suggests research...

Levels of gender inequality across the world are associated with disproportionate death rates among girls under five years old, according to a study led...

There's yet another reason to make sure you're getting enough vitamin D: High levels of this essential nutrient are linked with better fitness, according to...

Researchers at Yale have identified a high-salt environment as one of the contributing factors to the development of multiple sclerosis (MS). In a new study...

Behavioral risk factors including smoking, obesity, limited physical activity and a less healthy diet strongly predict the likelihood of depression—and that likelihood increases with...

A community-randomized clinical trial of the Children's Healthy Living Program (CHL), based at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa, seeking to sustainably prevent and...

Infant formula is designed to mimic human breast milk not only in nutrients but also by nurturing a similar set of microbes in the...

About half of babies born prematurely struggle to grow, putting them at risk of health problems that can last a lifetime. Despite years of...