Compared to sugar, consuming sucralose-a widely used sugar substitute-increases activity in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates appetite and body weight, according to a new USC study.

Your brain is so hungry for glucose that it uses between 20% to 25% of your body’s glucose to keep functioning. That might make you assume more sugar is better, but that’s not ...

Researchers have discovered the mechanism by which a cluster of astrocytes, specialized brain cells, in the hypothalamus cause obesity in mice. Their study also identified a drug that inhibited the ...

Losing weight is often seen as the key to better health—but new research suggests that how the body reacts to weight loss may ...

Weight loss restored healthy metabolism in both young and mid-aged mice, but the brain told a different story. In mid-aged ...

Weight loss is widely recommended in midlife to improve blood sugar control and reduce the risk of diabetes and heart disease ...