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Hay Festival crowds

Cambridge makes Hay

08 Apr 2013

A host of Cambridge academics and alumni will speak about subjects ranging from obesity and smart drugs to US politics and domestic service at this...

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Finding genes for childhood obesity

08 Apr 2013

Genome wide study identifies genetic variants associated with childhood obesity.

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Collaborative public health research

Anglo-US public health research partnership forged

12 Oct 2012

The University of Cambridge and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) Gillings School of Global Public Health will pioneer...

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Brown fat

Scientists identify protein that stimulates brown fat to burn calories

11 May 2012

Protein highlights ‘ideal mechanism’ for development of new therapies to fight obesity.

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Neurons

3pm slump? Why a sugar rush may not be the answer

17 Nov 2011

Protein not sugar stimulates cells keeping us thin and awake, new study suggests.

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Weighing in for the Cambridge Baby Growth Study

How does your baby grow?

31 Oct 2011

A study of infant growth, tracking 2,400 babies from gestation to the age of two, has provided data of unique depth – and is already adding to our...

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obesity

Apple shaped obesity as bad for heart as other obesity

21 Mar 2011

An international study of 220,000 people has challenged the idea that obese people who have an “apple shape” (fat deposits on the middle section of...

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Department of Neuroscience

Insight into links between obesity and activity in the brain

26 Oct 2010

Study on effects of anti-obesity drug on the brain paves way for more effective treatments.

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Diabetes doubles risk of heart attack and strokes

25 Jun 2010

Having diabetes doubles the risk of developing a wide range of blood vessel diseases, including heart attacks and different types of stroke...

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IMS

Tackling obesity and diabetes: Institute of Metabolic Science

01 May 2010

The rising prevalence of obesity, diabetes and related disorders is an epidemic of global proportions. Research at the Institute of Metabolic Science...

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Brain imaging

Beliefs, predictions and shortcuts in the deceitful brain

01 May 2010

Professor Paul Fletcher believes that exploring how the brain makes predictions about the world will help us to understand mental illness.

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Fattening up the kids

Genetic studies reveal new causes of severe obesity in childhood

07 Dec 2009

Scientists in Cambridge have discovered that loss of a key segment of DNA can lead to severe childhood obesity. This is the first study to show that...

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