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Drinking 1% milk instead of 2% milk is associated with 4.5 years of less aging in adults

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 15, 2020
Drinking low-fat milk is associated with longer telomeres in adults. Adults who drink whole and 2% milk experience significant additional aging on the cellular level.
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Study: Patients maintain muscle mass five years after surgically-induced weight loss

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
June 12, 2018
Newly-published research from BYU provides important evidence supporting the long-term safety and viability of bariatric surgery.

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Surprise! Binge-watching TV is connected to poor diet, exercise habits

By Bekah Peterson
January 09, 2018
You’ve probably already made a few New Year’s resolutions, but new research suggests you better make one more for your health: Cut back on binge-watching.

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Study shows stress could be just as unhealthy as junk food

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 15, 2017
We all know that a poor diet is unhealthy, but a new BYU study finds that stress may just as harmful to our bodies as a really bad diet.

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New England Journal of Medicine study: Benefits of gastric bypass surgery persist 12 years later

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
October 05, 2017
New research coauthored by a BYU professor shows that 12 years after gastric bypass surgery, significant weight loss and diabetes-related benefits persist in most patients.

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High levels of exercise linked to nine years of less aging (at the cellular level)

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
May 10, 2017
But new research from Brigham Young University reveals you may be able to slow one type of aging — the kind that happens inside your cells. As long as you’re willing to sweat.

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Salad bars in public schools: How to get kids to use them

March 06, 2017
Thanks to a national initiative, salad bars are showing up in public schools across the country. Now a BYU researchers is trying to figure out how to get kids to eat from them.

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Chirp, chirp, chirp...crickets coming to a protein bar near you?

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
January 18, 2017
Apparently bugs are a great source of protein. That’s why food science researchers at BYU are looking at how to process insects, specifically crickets, to make them more palatable to the western world.

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Study: Gastric bypass surgery can reduce risk of death even for advanced ages

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 09, 2016
New research from Brigham Young University finds that patients who undergo gastric bypass surgery after the age of 35 see a major improvement in long-term survival.

 

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Why your muscles get less sore as you stick with your gym routine

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
February 03, 2016
The first time back to the gym after a break usually results in sore muscles. Fortunately, the return trip a few days later—if it happens—is generally less painful. BYU researchers are finding out why.

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Study: Count your bites; count down the pounds

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
November 04, 2015
A new study from BYU health science researchers found people who counted bites over a month's time lost roughly four pounds---just about what the CDC recommends for "healthy" weight loss.

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Frenemies: not just for high school anymore

By Brooke Adams
October 12, 2015
A new study from BYU finds that couples in ambivalent, frenemy-like relationships experience higher blood pressure than their supportive-couple counterparts.

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Student targets MRSA after it costs father his leg

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
September 01, 2015
MRSA is bad news. If you've never heard of it, it's a nasty bacterial infection and it can cause serious disease and death. Senior molecular biology major Jacob Hatch knows MRSA as the infection that took his dad's leg.

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Feeling sick makes us less social online too

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
March 24, 2013
A new study from BYU finds that while most of us go online regularly for help in diagnosing health issues, very few of us actually post information, including questions or our experiences, on health topics.

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BYU study says exercise may reduce motivation for food

Todd Hollingshead
By Todd Hollingshead
September 11, 2012
2 BYU professors measured the neural activity of 35 women while they viewed food images, both following a morning of exercise and a morning without exercise. They found their attentional response to the food decreased after the workout.

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