Diet
No fast way to lose weight
19 Feb 2021Fasting during the month of Ramadan has limited benefits for weight loss, finds an A*STAR review.
Meet the class of 2021
21 Dec 2020Three A*STAR scholars—Sarah Luo, Caroline Wee, and Kaicheng Liang—have been selected for the highly competitive National Research Foundation Fellowship out of over 134 applicants worldwide.
Rethinking an inflammatory receptor’s obesity connection
11 Sep 2018The long-held theory that Toll-like receptor 4 could be the link between obesity and inflammation is now being challenged
Heavy legacy of Mum’s sweet tooth
4 Oct 2017The babies of women who consume carbohydrate-rich foods
during pregnancy have an altered growth-trajectory
Protein in pregnancy for healthier babies
1 Nov 2016The global childhood obesity epidemic could be tackled by expectant mothers adjusting their diet
Tofu to make us too full for more
8 Sep 2016A
common food additive could be combined with tofu to control appetite and calorie
consumption in Asian diets