Metabolic health before and during pregnancy may have a bigger influence on risks for mother and baby than simply controlling weight gain. Data from a recent paper by Pennington Biomedical researchers indicates that pregnant women with metabolically unhealthy obesity were more likely to develop gestational diabetes than those who were metabolically healthy. The paper, “Metabolic Health and Heterogenous Outcomes of Prenatal Interventions: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomized Clinical Trial,” was published in the Journal of American Medical Association.

A groundbreaking human study has found that ultra-processed foods lead to increased weight, disrupt hormones and introduce harmful substances linked to declining sperm quality.  The findings indicate that it is the processed nature of these foods that makes them harmful to cardiometabolic and reproductive health.

A new approach to an old reaction boosts the ability to synthesize vinylic ethers — key building blocks for many molecules important to human health.

Early-stage clinical trial reveals that peptide has potential to become a new tool for improving metabolic health and sleep quality in overweight adults; study involved scientists from Brazil, Israel and the United States.