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Food aromas could become new weapon in battle of the bulge

Food aromas could become new weapon in battle of the bulge

Chemistry / Other

created Dec 16, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

A real possibility does exist for developing a new generation of foods that make people feel full by releasing anti-hunger aromas during chewing, scientists in the Netherlands are reporting after a review ...


Rats move toward the food but do not eat

Rats move toward the food but do not eat

Medicine & Health / Neuroscience

created Sep 08, 2009 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Scientists led a rat to the fatty food, but they couldn't make it eat. Using an animal model of binge eating, University of Missouri researchers discovered that deactivating the basolateral amygdala, a brain ...


Seasonal hunger devastating and under-recognized

Medicine & Health / Other

created Jun 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Most of the world's acute hunger and undernutrition occurs not in conflicts and natural disasters but in the annual "hunger season," according to an article published this week in open access journal PLoS Medicine. The hu ...


NAU discovery could help feed millions

New discovery could help feed millions (w/Video)

Chemistry / Biochemistry

created May 27, 2009 | popularity 3.8 / 5 (16) | comments 31

When scientist Loretta Mayer set out to alleviate diseases associated with menopause, she didn't realize her work could lead to addressing world hunger and feeding hundreds of millions of people.


Sleep may keep you thin: studies

Medicine & Health / Health

created May 07, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

The secret of staying thin could be at least partly down to a good night's rest, an international conference on obesity heard in Amsterdam on Thursday.