List of articles on lifestyle-related diseases
Elucidation of the onset mechanism of middle-aged weight gain: Joint research by Nagoya University, Osaka University, and the University of Tokyo
A research group from Nagoya University, Osaka University, and the University of Tokyo has discovered that the cause of age-related obesity (so-called middle-aged weight gain), in which people tend to gain weight as they age, is under the thalamus […]
Nippon Life and Stanford University to collaborate on research to elucidate chronic diseases
Major life insurance company Nippon Life Insurance begins joint research with Stanford University School of Medicine in the United States to develop advanced AI (artificial intelligence) models […]
Suggests a connection between the brain and liver; decrease in brain-derived neurotrophic factor is involved in the development of steatohepatitis
A research team consisting of Kanazawa Institute of Technology, Tokushima University, Kagawa University, and National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology found that decreased expression of brain-derived neurotrophic factor BDNF is associated with liver […]
Web-based lifestyle improvement guidance is effective for weight loss in obese people, analysis by University of Tsukuba and others
A research group from the University of Tsukuba, Kagawa Nutrition University, and Jumonji Gakuen Women's University is concerned with weight loss interventions through lifestyle improvement guidance provided on a web-based […]
Nihon University and Kao make it possible to measure ``children's visceral fat'' more safely and easily than CT examination
Nihon University School of Medicine and Kao Corporation (Health & Wellness Research Institute) jointly developed a new method for measuring visceral fat in children without radiation exposure […]
Weight loss support by remote monitoring for sleep apnea patients, Kyoto University etc. demonstrate usefulness
A joint research team centered on the Graduate School of Kyoto University and Nihon University is conducting remote monitoring for obstructive sleep apnea treatment […]
Meiji University and others have developed a technology that makes the salty taste about 1.5 times that of electrical stimulation and makes the low-salt diet delicious.
A research group led by Professor Yoshiaki Miyashita of Meiji University, in collaboration with Kirin Holdings Co., Ltd., is an electrical stimulating wave that enhances the taste of low-salt foods […]
Osaka University discovers that hepatic steatosis progresses by the same mechanism during "fasting" and "aging"
A group at Osaka University said that fasting activates autophagy (degradation mechanism of unwanted structures in cells) in adipose tissue, resulting in […] in the liver.
The stress adaptation response of fat cells reduces the appetite for a high-fat diet and improves obesity.
Researchers at the University of Tokushima and RIKEN have found that activation of integrated stress response pathways in adipocytes suppresses a high-fat diet, resulting in obesity […].
Lipid accumulation and insulin resistance in skeletal muscle after only 24 hours of inactivity Juntendo University
Insulin resistance is a condition in which the sensitivity of insulin, which is a hormone that lowers blood sugar, decreases and it becomes difficult to work. Diabetes and metabolism […]