The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday issued notice to the Uttar Pradesh chief secretary over an alleged incident of a tantrik being called to treat 15 girl students who fell ill after eating a mid-day-meal at a government school in Mahoba.
High-calorie foods--high in fat, oil, and sugar--may taste delicious, but they frequently lead to overeating, which leads to obesity and other serious health concerns. But what causes the brain to be aroused and cause overeating?
According to research published in "The FASEB Journal", it is now known that a gene termed CREB-Regulated Transcription Coactivator 1 (CRTC1) plays a role in our brain connected to overeating.
Celebrations are incomplete without dessert. And when Christmas comes around, we cannot resist indulging in some of the sumptuous Christmas delicacies. The festival is more enjoyable the more desserts there are. But the question of whether eating desserts is unhealthy has never been settled.
The health workers have been staging an indefinite strike at the gate of Shastri Park outside the district hospital from December 15 demanding their regularisation.
Two weeks of eating a diet heavy in tomatoes increased the diversity of gut microbes and altered gut bacteria toward a more favourable profile in young pigs, researchers found.
Research has revealed how a pathway in the brain that typically provides signals to stop eating may be altered by early life trauma. The discovery, obtained from studies in mice adds new perspective to binge eating and obesity.
Researchers didn't know what to make of sunken pieces of wood that were so thoroughly chewed up by clams that the wood crumbled in their hands. It turns out, the super-chewer wood-eating clams had a secret weapon for forcing out other species. The clams, who have special adaptations that let
More than eight out of ten of those who have binge-eating disorder--which affects about 3% of Americans--also have children who were not abused, neglected, or subjected to other traumatic events.
Nearly 10,000 years ago, humans settling in the Fertile Crescent, the areas of the Middle East surrounding the Tigris and Euphrates rivers, made the first switch from hunter-gatherers to farmers. They developed close bonds with the rodent-eating cats that conveniently served as ancient pest-