The symposium. The latest issue of the Journal of Diabetes Science and Technology was just released, and it includes a special section summarizing all the talks given at the NIH-sponsored Virtual Reality Technologies for Research and Education in Obesity and Diabetes Symposium. During this meeting, researchers...

American Journal of Preventive Medicine reports on randomized clinical trial American Journal of Preventative Medicine, Elsevier: San Diego, CA, December 7, 2010 – Obesity in youngsters has risen dramatically in recent decades. Fruit and vegetable (FV) consumption and increased water intake can lower...

The novel Nanoswarm: Invasion From Inner Space was published today, a work based on the NIH-funded multi-million dollar health game of the same name.  Nanoswarm is a first person, role-playing videogame adventure in healthy eating and exercise.  The game is designed to change nutrition and physical...

Lack of exercise no longer a problem? According to a recent news release in Amsterdam, a research study presented at the European Congress on Obesity determined that food intake alone explains the increase in American body weight over the last thirty years.  Professor Boyd Swinburn, Director of the...