Eating A High-Fat Diet May Rapidly Injure Brain Cells That Control Body Weight

Obesity among people who eat a high-fat diet may involve injury to neurons, or nerve cells, in a key part of the brain that controls body weight, according to the authors of a new animal study. The results will be presented Tuesday at The Endocrine Society’s 93rd Annual Meeting in Boston…

Food Bioterrorism Examined For Dissertation By K-State Doctoral Graduate

According to recent news reports, the next venue for a terror threat may involve the use of bio-agents to contaminate the food supplies of U.S. hotels and restaurants. Dave Olds, a December 2010 doctoral graduate in hotel, restaurant, institution management and dietetics from Kansas State University, conducted his dissertation on food security and bioterrorism…