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Using Facebook to help young adults quit smoking

A national clinical trial testing a smoking cessation intervention for young adults that was conducted entirely on Facebook has found that smokers are 2.5 times more likely to quit after three months with the Facebook-based treatment than if they were referred to an online quit-smoking program. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David […]

Published on May 24, 2018

You are what your mother eats

Researchers have demonstrated that two neurons key to growth and metabolism — GHRH and AgRP — are developmentally interconnected. This finding may help to explain why a mother’s nutrition habits and metabolism directly impact the growth of her child. Read Full Article (External Site) Dr. David LowemannDr. David Lowemann, M.Sc, Ph.D., is a co-founder of […]

Published on May 24, 2018

Early-life obesity impacts children’s learning and memory, study suggests

A new study found that children on the threshold of obesity or overweight in the first two years of life had lower perceptual reasoning and working memory scores than lean children when tested at ages five and eight. The study also indicated that IQ scores may be lower for higher-weight children. Read Full Article (External […]

Published on May 23, 2018