More than 3,000 genetic variants influence a person’s susceptibility to weight gain. That inherited risk has become even more ...

An ad hoc committee appointed by the National Academies to explore heritable genetic modifications of food animals. This committee will address methods for heritable genetic modifications and identify ...

Is complex social behavior genetically determined? Yes, as a team of biologists from Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (HHU) together with colleagues from Bochum and Paris discovered while studying ...

Our immune systems have to respond when they sense an invader so we are protected from infection. These invaders are presented to the immune system through antigens, and we develop some antibodies ...

Higher flavodiet scores were associated with lower breast cancer risk among 93,271 UK Biobank females followed for a median ...

Fussy eating is mainly influenced by genes and is a stable trait lasting from toddlerhood to early adolescence, finds a new study led by researchers from UCL (University College London), King's ...

In a recent study published in the journal BMC Nutrition, researchers evaluated the relationship between genetic variations and food choices. Food selection is a multifaceted process impacted by taste ...

A genetic basis to food preferences is a controversial subject. How much of the food we prefer – whether salty or sugary for example – is based on a pre-determined mechanism and how much is learnt ...

Improvements to Tyson Foods Inc.'s chicken genetics business was key to the company's strong second-quarter financial performance, according to company executives. President and Chief Executive ...

Pregnancy is a time of incredible physical, emotional, and nutritional changes. What you eat nourishes not just your body but also the life growing within. Yet, modern science now tells us that ...

About 42% of Americans are obese. One in three people is overweight. Lack of exercise, eating too much processed foods, genetics, there are several reasons, but what you think you know about nutrition ...

A committee-supported project or activity that has been completed and for which output dissemination has begun. Its committee has been disbanded and closeout procedures are underway. An ad hoc ...