Why do women have lower alcohol tolerance than men?
More than a matter of body weight
Dangerous messaging around a recent SIDS study
Irresponsible reporting misleads new and grieving parents
Do helmets give cyclists a false sense of security?
PedalMe, a London-based e-bike company, recently announced that their employees were not allowed to wear bike helmets for safety reasons. Does their rationale have any merit?
Are nitrates the next big thing for athletic performance?
Existing evidence suggests that nitrates provide benefits for cardiovascular health and exercise performance. Let’s discuss some of the recent data.
Does walking 10 minutes per day extend your life? (Hint: No.)
Either I completely dozed for the past ten years, or the author of a recent news article pulled data from some farcical study. Let’s take a closer look.
Is cold exposure beneficial for metabolic health?
A look at whether activating brown fat through cold exposure therapy offers metabolic benefits.
Can a father’s metformin cause birth defects in his sons?
Several studies have examined the effects of both maternal diabetes and maternal metformin exposure on offspring, but prospective fathers have received comparatively little attention. A recent study sought to change that.
Why is maintaining weight loss more challenging than losing weight?
This video clip is taken from Podcast #197 — The science of obesity & how to improve nutritional epidemiology with David…
#197 – The science of obesity & how to improve nutritional epidemiology | David Allison, Ph.D.
“How much does obesity kill you because it stigmatizes you and it creates some stress?” —David Allison
Nutritional epidemiology: abolition vs defending the status quo
A recent review argues for reform in the field of nutritional epidemiology — and recommends ways to improve it