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Reduction in physical activity over the last few decades is one of the main culprits in rising obesity rates.
Tracing isotopes of carbon inside amino acid molecules has revealed the ‘metabolic fingerprints’ of how different animals store and use energy.
A quick energy source or a temporary relief from discomfort? Here’s what drives our food preferences when we’re sick.
Evidence suggests late-night eating can be bad for our health.
Obesity is out and ‘adipose-based chronic disease’ is in, according to a recent paper. But a name change alone won’t fix entrenched stigma.
Some researchers assert that the body responds to exercise by burning fewer calories when you’re not working out. Regardless of its effects on weight loss, exercise provides many health benefits.
Many processed foods strip carbs of their natural fibers. Eating foods with an ideal total carbohydrate-to-fiber ratio can help with weight management and improve overall health.
The diet industry’s reliance on the ‘calories in, calories out’ concept is why society blames people for being overweight. But it’s a myth.
Antibiotic resistance has contributed to millions of deaths worldwide. Research suggests that any bacteria can develop antibiotic tolerance, and possibly resistance, when pushed to their limits.
Neuroscientists have typically thought of energy supply to the brain as demand-based. A supply-limited view offers another perspective toward aging and why multitasking can be difficult.
If you think your medicine may be contributing to overheating, it’s very important you keep taking your medicine. Discuss your symptoms with your pharmacist or doctor.
Though the method is popular, it may come with some risks if done improperly.
Mosquitoes can track down potential hosts using the CO2 released by humans’ metabolic processes, a medical entomologist explains.
A new theory linking metabolism and size shows how evolution, not physics, is the driving force behind many of life’s patterns.
Your body follows a circadian rhythm that influences everything from how well your medications work to the best time for exercise.
Proponents of intermittent fasting say the clock can help you win the battle of the bulge. But the science behind it is a little more complicated.
Fat cells and cancer cells talk to each other. Specialists in both systems can do the same.
Months not eating or moving don’t result in muscle wasting and loss of function for animals that hibernate. New research found gut microbes help their hosts hold onto and use nitrogen to build proteins.
Kids often crave processed sugary foods. But research shows that consuming too many treats during childhood and adolescence may lead to behavioral and emotional problems.
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Professor of Systems Science and Director, Clinical Science and Engineering Research Laboratory, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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NHMRC Senior Research Fellow in the School of Human Sciences, The University of Western Australia
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Personal Chair in Nutrition, The Rowett Institute, University of Aberdeen
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Associate Professor of Nutrition, University of Surrey
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Assistant Professor, Faculty of Health Sciences and Medicine, Bond University
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PhD candidate, School of Population Health, Curtin University
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Research Fellow, Australian Rivers Institute, Griffith University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Emeritus Professor, Griffith University
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Frederic Gachon is a Friend of The Conversation.
Associate Professor, Physiology of Circadian Rhythms, Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland
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Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles
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Associate Professor of Thermal Physiology, University of Wollongong
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Director, Securing Antarctica's Environmental Future, Monash University
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Associate Professor of the School of Pharmacy, University of Sydney
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Lecturer, Curtin School of Population Health, Curtin University
