Cannabis compounds may boost metabolic health while supporting weight loss May 12, 2026 / Cannabis research / Metabolic health / Type 2 diabetes / Obesity treatment / Cannabinoids Preclinical research suggests whole-plant cannabis extracts may improve metabolic health and glucose...

New obesity discovery rewrites decades of fat science May 8, 2026 / Obesity research / Metabolic disease / Fat metabolism / Lipodystrophy / Adipose tissue Researchers discovered that the fat-regulating protein HSL also maintains adipose cell health within the nucleus,...

Higher cancer risk seen in cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic syndrome; experts recommend precautions May 4, 2026 / CKM syndrome / Cancer risk / Metabolic disease / Cardiovascular health / Chronic conditions Cardiovascular-kidney-metabolic (CKM) syndrome is linked to up to 30% higher cancer risk,...

Clinical obesity in Asian people: bridging the gap between adiposity and disease April 27, 2026 / Clinical obesity / Metabolic risk / Asian populations / Visceral fat / Precision medicine Proposed shift from BMI-based to function-based obesity diagnosis in Asian...

SSMF grant supports study of metabolic health and brain ageing April 7, 2026 / Metabolic Syndrome Dementia / Brain Aging Research / Cardiometabolic Risk Factors / Cognitive Decline Prevention / Neuroimaging Biomarkers A funded study will investigate how metabolic syndrome...

Cold-induced metabolic flexibility explains ethnic disparities among individuals with obesity and insulin resistance April 6, 2026 / Cold-Induced Thermogenesis / Metabolic Flexibility / Insulin Resistance / Ethnic Differences Metabolism / Brown Adipose Tissue Cold-induced thermogenesis reveals ethnic differences in metabolic...

The life cycle of metabolism March 23, 2026 / Metabolism Across Lifespan / Epigenetics and Metabolic Health / Obesity and Diabetes Risk Factors / Early Life Metabolic Programming / Lifestyle and Metabolic Disease Prevention Metabolism evolves across the lifespan, influenced...

Metabolically Healthy Child Obesity Still Raises Cardiometabolic Risk March 28, 2026 / Childhood obesity / Cardiometabolic risk / Type 2 diabetes / Hypertension / Pediatric health Childhood metabolically healthy obesity is associated with increased long-term risk of type 2 diabetes,...

Romboutsia ilealis related metabolite OAA controls obesity and lipid metabolism through PSMD3-mediated degradation of YTHDF2 March 17, 2026 / Gut Microbiome Obesity Mechanisms / Romboutsia ilealis Metabolic Regulation / Intestinal Lipid Absorption Pathways / PSMD3 YTHDF2 Signaling Axis / Microbiome...

Hyperinsulinaemia as a cause of obesity and cardiometabolic diseases March 9, 2026 / Hyperinsulinaemia / Obesity Pathophysiology / Cardiometabolic Disease / Insulin Resistance / Metabolic Health Chronic basal hyperinsulinaemia may independently drive adiposity and cardiometabolic disease beyond normal postprandial insulin...