Topic: Barbara Kahn

The American Diabetes Association reports an estimated 18 million Americans have diabetes, while just over 16 million (about 90%) have Type 2 diabetes. However, the causal link between excessive weight and Type 2 diabetes was unknown until Dr. Barbara B. Kahn of ...

Hunger Hormone Makes Food Look More Tasty

5/7/2008 Print E-mail A new brain imaging study reveals that a gut hormone known for its appetite-promoting powers actually stimulates key reward centers in the brain to make food look more tasty and irresistible.. The feeding culprit is ghrelin, and ...

Born to Be Obese?

2/5/2008 Print E-mail The brain circuitry that controls appetite might be wired differently in some people, and that could predispose them to obesity, California researchers suggest.. Sebastien Bouret, an assistant professor of neuroscience at the University of Southern California, and ...

Blood Test Warns of Dangerous 'Deep Belly' Fat

7/12/2007 Print E-mail A protein in blood points to rising amounts of a particularly lethal form of body fat around organs, scientists say.. Reporting in the July issue of Cell Metabolism, her team noted that increased "deep belly" fat around ...

Blood test can spot hidden body fat

A blood test could be used to detect dangerous hidden belly fat, - even if it is buried so deep within the abdomen that a person outwardly appears lean. "Waist circumference correlates to some extent, but it's really a crude measure," explains ...

be a better grocery shopper

Shoe shopping is one thing. Know What You Want "Sixty-six percent of shopping decisions are made in the store," says Barbara Kahn, Ph.D, professor of marketing at the University of Pennsylvania. "Frozen produce may be more nutritious," says Linda McDonald, editor ...