David Brown recently commented on a Sciencebase item on the obesity epidemic. This is the complete transcript of his comment:
In both the UK and the USA, inappropriate dietary advice from government agencies is largely responsible for the perpetuating high rates of obesity and chronic disease.
In the USA, the Center for Nutrition Policy and Promotion (CNPP) [...]

A chemical that works like a multitasking hormone in mice not only controls glucose processing in the body but could reduce body weight, according to a report published today in Nature Chemical Biology. The study may ultimately have an effect on treating obesity and diabetes.
Glucagon and glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) are natural hormones that regulate glucose [...]

A survey aimed at finding out what Europeans think of excess weight and obesity issues has been launched with a view to creating an official European Obesity Day.
The online survey will help demonstrate to European decision makers that this issue is one which affects European citizens and as such that they action should be [...]

Writing in the Journal of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics, Brian King and Andrea Townsend-Nicholson explored the molecular basis of relaxations of the gut.

They found two protein receptors – P2Y1 and P2Y11 – involved in fast and slow relaxations of the gut. Modulating the activity of these receptors could become a target for drug designers hoping [...]