The consequences of obesity are as severe as the health effects of malnutrition. As the figure below illustrates, there is an individual optimal calorie in-take that varies depending on a person’s age,weight and daily physical activity. Outside of this op-timal spread, health risks start to Read the rest of this entry >>>
There is a common scientific understanding that apart from changing eating habits and increasingly sedentary lifestyles, genes play a role in obesity. Sci-entists have identified more than 250 genes that play a role in human metabolism. These control ap-petite and the absorption of nutrients and Read the rest of this entry >>>
By advertisement, 15 right-handed volun-teers were recruited from the local com-munity. History of psychiatric or physical illness, head injury, drug or alcohol depen-dence and smoking were exclusion factors.Participants were also screened to exclude major mental illness (i.e. Read the rest of this entry >>>
Background The psychosis-inducing effect of ketamine is important evidence supporting the glutamate hypothesis of schizophrenia.However, the symptoms the drug produces have not been described systematically.Aim To examine the effects of ketamine in healthy people using a structured psychiatric Read the rest of this entry >>>
Obesity results from an imbalance between the amount of energy consumed and the amount of en-ergy used. Obesity is predominantly the outcome of a decline in regular physical activity and an increas-ingly sedentary lifestyle13. This again is linked to a wide and frequent use of private cars, Read the rest of this entry >>>
