NYU Langone Health: Researchers Identify Mechanism That May Drive Obesity Epidemic
July 16, 2019
July 16, 2019
NEW YORK, July 16 -- NYU Langone Health, an academic medical center affiliated with New York University, issued the following news release:
A molecular trick that kept our ancient ancestors from starving may now be contributing to the obesity epidemic, a new study finds.
In starvation times, researchers say, animals were more likely to survive if they could hoard and stretch out their stored energy. Even if an animal secured a rare feast, evolution smiled on the storage . . .
A molecular trick that kept our ancient ancestors from starving may now be contributing to the obesity epidemic, a new study finds.
In starvation times, researchers say, animals were more likely to survive if they could hoard and stretch out their stored energy. Even if an animal secured a rare feast, evolution smiled on the storage . . .