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Blood test can highlight risk of weight gain and diabetes
Publicado em 11 março 2020
Researchers at the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in São Paulo State, Brazil, have developed a computer program that analyses molecules in blood plasma to search for biomarkers that identify individuals who are at risk of becoming overweight and developing obesity-related diseases. The project was conducted in Brazil with funding from Fundação de Amparo à Pesquisa do Estado de São Paulo (FAPESP) . The results are described in the paper, ‘Combining [...]
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Salivary uric acid a good predictor of body fat percentage in teens
Publicado em 19 fevereiro 2020Saliva can be used for the early detection of the risk of developing diseases associated with surplus body fat, according to researchers at the Federal University of São Paulo (UNIFESP) and the University of Campinas (UNICAMP) in Brazil, who performed a study in which they used the level of uric acid in saliva to predict body fat percentages in teenagers and identify those with surplus fat even if they had no symptoms of chronic obesity-related disease. The goal of the study was to [...]ver notícia -
Effectiveness of neuromodulation to treat obesity linked to genetics
Publicado em 08 agosto 2019Researchers at the University of São Paulo (USP) in Brazil assessing transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS), a non-invasive neuromodulation technique that can help reduce appetite, food intake and body weight but only in some subjects, have reported that a patient's genetic profile appears to be a key factor in determining the outcome. The paper, ‘Appetite effects of prefrontal stimulation depend on COMT Val158Met polymorphism: A randomized clinical trial’, [...]ver notícia