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The Stitch 

Obesity and COVID-19: What you should know

July 16, 2020July 28, 2020 Momentum 0 Comments Coronavirus, COVID-19, Healthcare, Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, Obesity

Baylor College of Medicine’s Dr. Samer Mattar discusses the health risks that are linked to obesity and COVID-19.

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From The Labs 

Early postnatal overnutrition sets the body on a fast track to aging

September 19, 2019September 26, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments Aging, Diabetes, DNA methylation, infancy, Obesity, overnutrition, Research

Overnutrition during early infancy can have adverse health consequences later in life. Although researchers have known this for quite some time, the explanations have been

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From The Labs 

A new gut-brain connection that keeps weight off (or on) the scale

August 22, 2019August 22, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments appetite, Brain, GIP, gut, high-fat diet, hypothalamus, leptin, Obesity, overnutrition, Research

Eating extra servings typically shows up on the scale later, but how this happens has not been clear. In his lab at Baylor College of

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From The Labs 

Afraid of food? The answer may be in the basal forebrain

June 11, 2019June 11, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments anorexia, basal forebrain, feeding behavior, Obesity, Research

After fasting for 24 hours the typical laboratory mouse spends much time eating. Surprisingly, this is not what Jay M. Patel saw when he was

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SRC-1 gene is an important regulator of body weight

April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments body weight, hypothalamus, Obesity, Pomc, Research, SRC-1

Maintaining a healthy body weight is no simple matter. In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Yong Xu and his colleagues investigate the

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Policywise 

How important is BMI? A revelation about weight and health

November 19, 2018November 19, 2018 Clarice 0 Comments BMI, Center for Medical Ethics and Health Policy, Jamie Crist, Obesity, Weight

Body mass index: BMI. A number on the scale, a line in the chart. What does it matter? And why does it matter so much?

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From The Labs 

Image of the Month: Mitochondria in human adipocytes

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments adipocytes, Image of the month, insulin resistance, mitochondria, Obesity, Research, type 2 diabetes

  In his lab at Baylor College of Medicine, Dr. Sean M. Hartig and his colleagues investigate novel ways to control obesity and type 2

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From The Labs 

Healthy fat cells uncouple obesity from diabetes

August 14, 2018February 21, 2019 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments inflammation, insulin resistance, insulin sensitivity, interferon gamma, miR-30a, Obesity, Research, subcutaneous white fat, type 2 diabetes

About 422 million people around the world, including more than 30 million Americans, have diabetes. Approximately ninety percent of them have type 2 diabetes. People

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Momentum 

Addressing obesity through weight loss surgery

January 5, 2018May 9, 2019 Momentum 1 Comment Dr. Carlos Galvani, Nicole Blanton, Nutrition and Wellness, Obesity, Surgery, Weight Loss

Many Americans have committed to losing weight in 2018 with the goal of boosting self-image and confidence. However, the health effects of obesity often go

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From The Labs 

The hunger-satiety switch

February 6, 2017 Ana Rodríguez 0 Comments AgRP/NPY neurons, anorexia, appetite control, behavior, control of appetite, Diabetes, Obesity, overeating, potassium channel, SK3

When we are hungry, we eat; when we are full, we stop. Most of the time. Breaking this rule, however, can lead to overeating, obesity

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From The Labs Image of the Month From the Labs features an image of early physical training of Rett mice, which results in the development of more dendritic arbors or cellular projections in a task-specific group of neurons in the hippocampus (red). Image credit: N.P. Achilly/Zoghbi lab/Nature, 2021.

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