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It works by suppressing appetite: study A diet rich in proteins may help prevent and treat obesity by reducing food intake, a study suggests. A component of dietary protein, phenylalanine, can suppress appetite by affecting the release of appetite-regulating hormones in the gut, according to...

Over the decade, there has been an overall reduction in the infant mortality rates and under-five mortality rate in India, yet the country is housing about 50% of undernourished children of the world, reveals the joint study undertaken by ASSOCHAM–EY.   The study on ‘Bridging the gap:...

Almost every country in the world now has serious nutrition problems, either due to over-eating leading to obesity or a lack of food leading to undernutrition, according to a major study published on Saturday. Researchers behind the Global Nutrition Report, which looked at 140 countries, said the...

We are what we eat or so the famous saying goes. For those living in countries with poor population nutrition like India, this saying has more ironic significance than we can imagine. In India, it is estimated that half of Indian women age 15-49 (48 percent) and 43 percent of Indian men age 15-49...

Benoit said his results could potentially apply to other animals, including humans, although it’s too early to say whether paternal nutrition can affect embryonic mortality in people. “It’s not that far of a stretch,” he said. “A lot of the things they see happening in flies happens in...