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To monitor 'social jet lag,' scientists look to Twitter Posted: 15 Nov 2018 11:51 AM PST Social jet lag -- a syndrome related to the mismatch between the body's internal clock and the realities of our daily schedules -- has been tied to obesity and other health problems. Now, researchers have found a clever way to measure social jet lag in people all over the country: by analyzing patterns of activity on the social media platform Twitter. |
Gut hormone and brown fat interact to tell the brain it's time to stop eating Posted: 15 Nov 2018 11:51 AM PST Researchers have shown that so-called 'brown fat' interacts with the gut hormone secretin in mice to relay nutritional signals about fullness to the brain during a meal. The study bolsters our understanding of a long-suspected role of brown adipose tissue (BAT) -- a type of body fat known to generate heat when an animal is cold -- in the control of food intake. |
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