Sentences with phrase «at curbing obesity»

Taken together, the researchers say, the results suggest that SNRK could be a target for new therapies aimed at curbing obesity and its complications.

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Similarly, the GOP's own estimates of the costs of requiring more fruits and vegetables, whole grains and low - fat dairy in school meals is $ 7 billion over five years, but the direct cost of obesity - related diseases in this country is pegged at $ 147 million (putting aside the other benefits of feeding children well, apart from curbing obesity.)

Schrock: Well, other researchers — I think there is a group at the University of Minnesota — are looking into the possibility of treating cocaine addiction with other kinds of rewards, so that's definitely an area they are going to look into and they also think it has implications for obesity because if sugar is this addicting and if we can treat it like an addiction, we may be able to curb this obesity epidemic.

In addition, researchers at the American Diabetes and Obesity Center of Excellence found that blocking myostatin raises the body's sensitivity to leptin, the satiety hormone, which helps curb hunger more efficiently in terms of a reduced - calorie diet.

Petting an animal relieves stress and lowers blood pressure, walking and playing with a dog keeps obesity at bay and bonding with an animal curbs loneliness and gives your life a sense of purpose.

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