The brain is the central regulator of appetite and body fatness, and genetic variation that affects body fatness tends to act in the brain. One important site of variation is the POMC gene, which codes for a signaling molecule that suppresses food intake. A new study shows that Labrador retrievers often carry an inactive version of the POMC gene, causing them to be highly food motivated, obesity-prone-- and perhaps more easily trainable. | Whole Health Source
David Ludwig, MD, recently published a new book titled Always Hungry? Conquer cravings, retrain your fat cells, and lose weight permanently. The book is getting widespread media coverage. Ludwig is a professor of pediatrics at the Harvard Medical School and a professor of nutrition at the Harvard School of Public Health. He's a pediatric endocrinologist, but his primary focus is research, particularly the impact of nutrition on hunger, calorie expenditure, and body weight. Although I ...| Whole Health Source
Obesity involves changes in the function of brain regions that regulate body fatness and blood glucose, particularly a region called the hypothalamus. My colleagues and I previously showed that obesity is associated with inflammation and injury of the hypothalamus in rodent models, and we also presented preliminary evidence that the same might be true in humans. In our latest paper, we confirm this association, and show that hypothalamic injury is also associated with a marker of insulin ...| Whole Health Source
The other day, a friend of mine texted me about her dog’s obesity problem. Why wouldn’t her dog lose weight, she wanted to know? This was not a question of wanting her dog to look a certain way; rather, the dog weight loss journey had been started in the vet’s office. Their veterinarian had explained […] The post Why Won’t My Dog Lose Weight? appeared first on Outdoor Dog Adventures: Professional Dog Walking | Louisville, KY.| Outdoor Dog Adventures: Professional Dog Walking | Louisville, KY