Targeting vitamin D receptors could prevent type 2 diabetes

Researchers suggest that targeting vitamin D receptors in insulin-producing beta cells could be an effective way to prevent type 2 diabetes.

Food addiction: What to know

Food addiction is when a person becomes dependent on certain types of foods.

Childhood obesity rates rise 10-fold since the ’70s

A new report from the World Health Organization shows that obesity rates in children and adolescents are 10 times higher now than they were in the ’70s.