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Obese children have a less-sensitive sense of taste compared with kids of normal weight, a new study suggests. Their blunted ability to distinguish the five tastes (bitter, sweet, salty, sour and umami) may prompt obese children to eat larger quantities of food to register the same taste sensation, the researchers …

A new study linking BPA to childhood and teenage obesity didn’t prove that the chemical caused obesity per se but does add to the evidence against ingesting BPA. According to researchers, some level of BPA, found in the linings of aluminum cans, in plastic bottles, and even in dental sealants …

In obese patients with diabetes, a high intake of fructose is associated with impairment in cellular energy balance that may play a role in liver disease, researchers said. A small pilot study also suggested that elevated uric acid levels in response to a fructose challenge might be a marker for …

Preservation of beta-cell function is more closely related to long-term prevention of diabetes than is insulin sensitivity….

Having excess visceral fat and insulin resistance — but not being obese in and of itself — appears to put heavier patients at risk for prediabetes and diabetes…. 

Women with gestational diabetes (GDM) can greatly reduce the risk of progressing to diabetes with diet, but which diet?…

For young children, structural differences correlate with glycated hemoglobin values….

Patients who underwent a duodenal switch procedure lost more weight and gained better control of diabetes and hypertension compared with those who had gastric bypass surgery….

A study in Agricultural Economics found that people who read food labels, especially women, tend to weigh less than those who don’t….