A new study from UNC School of Medicine researchers, published this week in Neuron, reveals a unique look at how junk food rewires the brain's memory hub—leading to risk of cognitive dysfunction. This ...
The mice looked fine. After weeks on a diet loaded with fat and sugar during early development, they were switched back to standard lab chow, and their body weight gradually returned to normal. But ...
Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine recently discovered that junk food disrupts memory circuits in the brain almost instantaneously. Within just four days, neurons in the hippocampus became ...
Diet can have a greater impact on a person’s chances of getting Alzheimer’s, according to new research. The Northeastern University study indicates its not only a person’s genes that play a part in ...
(CBSNews.com) - A new study finds eating too much junk food doesn't only make you fat, it may also make you mentally slower or less motivated. At least that seems to be true in lab rats. For the study ...
Yo-yoing between eating well during the week and bingeing on junk food over the weekend is likely to be just as bad for your gut health as a consistent diet of junk, new UNSW research suggests. The ...
Maybe the “Z” in Gen Z will eventually stand for “Zepbound.” It’s no surprise that Gen Zers love their nuggs and glizzies — research suggests that about 62% of their calories come from ultra-processed ...
Half of the cheap-and-tasty paradigm that makes junk food so appealing is collapsing: Many of those guilty-pleasure treats aren’t so cheap anymore. More than any impact weight-loss drugs like Ozempic ...
Avoiding fast food such as burgers and fried chicken may cut your risk of developing type 2 diabetes - the kind closely linked to obesity. Regularly eating high calorie fast foods is widely viewed as ...