Newsroom
July 28, 2009
The Learn, Lead and Advance to New Opportunity (LLANO) Field Experience is a college encounter to train young people from South Texas about obesity and its resulting health problems.
July 7, 2009
Research will evaluate, inform policies and programs that aim to reverse obesity among Latino youths
January 8, 2009
Researchers at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio have for the first time identified a protein that regulates the creation of a key hormone in fat tissue, a discovery that could have implications for the treatment of diabetes, obesity and possibly even aging.
April 10, 2008
Diabetes and obesity are the two most significant health disparities in South Texas, according to a new report produced by the Institute for Health Promotion Research at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio.
February 26, 2008
Texas and California scientists who disrupted one type of the gene ubiquitin (Ubb) in mice observed neuronal death in the hypothalamus, impaired control of energy balance and adult-onset obesity in the rodents.
January 17, 2008
A newly published research study demonstrates that a weight-management program delivered over the Internet is effective for weight loss and preventing weight gain.