All articles tagged with #food environment
The article discusses the complex factors behind obesity, emphasizing that it is not solely due to individual willpower but also heavily influenced by environmental, societal, and evolutionary factors. It highlights the role of food industry practices, advertising, food accessibility, and systemic issues, arguing that solutions should focus on policy changes and environment modifications rather than solely blaming personal responsibility.
The author expresses anger towards the food industry and diet peddlers for creating a system that makes it difficult for people to lose weight. The article discusses the potential benefits of GLP-1 agonist weight-loss drugs, which mimic a hormone that reduces appetite. The author argues that these drugs could be a game-changer for people struggling with weight loss and could put diet peddlers out of business. However, the author acknowledges the need to address issues of access and affordability for long-term success.
A study by researchers from Université Laval and the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute Research Centre has identified 60 unique proteins expressed in the brain that may be critical regulators of body weight. The study explored the link between genetic regions associated with body weight and the proteins expressed in the brain. The team believes that the biological role of these proteins in various parts of the brain and their contribution to energy homeostasis needs to be studied in more detail. The evolving food environment may have influenced food behaviours and energy storage capacity over the last few decades.