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Even if PYY proves to be no miracle, it sheds light on how hunger works, and this comes at a time when Americans seem to be particularly confused about what makes us fat. The old arguments--is it too much fat, too many carbohydrates or too many calories?--were stirred up once again last month by an article in the New York Times Magazine suggesting that low-fat diets may be making us fatter. While the new information about PYY won't help you choose between a high-protein or low-fat diet, it goes a long way toward explaining...
What gets neuroscientists excited is that most of these digestive hormones seem to affect the same group of neurons in the hypothalamus, a subsection of the brain that acts as a kind of master regulator of some of our more basic instincts--hunger, thirst, sleep, sex. That means if PYY fails to be a good candidate for a new antiobesity drug, researchers may find another target in the brain that works better. Alternatively, studying PYY may help with the opposite problem--loss of appetite--which so often affects cancer patients and people with AIDS...
...large pig van leads the chain of vehicles, with “Pentagon. $396 Billion” painted on its side. Two smaller piggy banks follow, reading “Education K-12. $34 Billion” and “World Hunger and Poverty. $10 Billion...
Shifting a fraction of the defense budget to social priorities such as education, health care and world hunger could have a significant impact on these social issues, according to Cohen...
...billion, you can take care of health care for every child in the U.S. and take care of 50,000 kids around the world who are dying every day from hunger and malnutrition,” he says...