http://newscenter.berkeley.edu News from the University of California, Berkeley Mon, 20 May 2013 23:39:36 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/sleep-stress-obesity-symposium/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/sleep-stress-obesity-symposium/#comments Tue, 11 Sep 2012 23:00:56 +0000 Sarah Yang http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=32861 Participants at the Fifth Annual Obesity Symposium, will present research on the link between sleep, stress and obesity. The event, to be held Thursday, Sept. 20, from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., at the UC Berkeley International House, is co-sponsored by the UC Berkeley Atkins Center for Weight & Health; the UCSF Center for Obesity, Assessment, Study and Treatment; and UCOP. ]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/09/11/sleep-stress-obesity-symposium/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/robert-lustig-the-guy-on-obesity-speaking-may-3/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/robert-lustig-the-guy-on-obesity-speaking-may-3/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 22:35:57 +0000 Carol Ness http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=28096 It’s not calories that are making us obese — it’s sugar. That’s the message one of the nation’s best-known experts on obesity, UCSF’s Dr. Robert Lustig, is spreading far and wide to try to ignite change in food systems and nutrition policy. Thursday, he brought it to UC Berkeley.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2012/05/04/robert-lustig-the-guy-on-obesity-speaking-may-3/feed/ 0 http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/27/intestinal-stem-cells-respond-to-food-by-supersizing-the-gut/ http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/27/intestinal-stem-cells-respond-to-food-by-supersizing-the-gut/#comments Thu, 27 Oct 2011 18:07:40 +0000 Robert Sanders http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=19089 A new study from UC Berkeley shows that adult stem cells can reshape our organs in response to changes in the body and the environment, a finding that could have implications for diabetes and obesity.]]> http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/2011/10/27/intestinal-stem-cells-respond-to-food-by-supersizing-the-gut/feed/ 0 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25203 http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25203#comments Mon, 28 Mar 2011 21:36:51 +0000 Public Affairs http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/?p=8161 People in the U.S. today consume 21 times more sweet stuff than the pilgrims and pioneers did, scientists from Berkeley and other UC campuses reported at a recent symposium on sugar and other sweeteners.]]> http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/25203/feed/ 0