Archives: obesity

Wednesday, February 8, 2017

BPA and obesity in offspring

Abizaid research demonstrates in an animal model that an expectant mother's exposure to bisphenol A (BPA) can raise her offspring's risk of obesity by reducing sensitivity to a hormone responsible for controlling appetite. Read more... More

Friday, March 11, 2016

Alfonso Abizaid

Alfonso Abizaid, Department of Neuroscience By Josee Beaudry You may be that person who struggles to lose those last few pounds, or you keep gaining weight despite your best efforts, or maybe you can’t seem to keep any weight on. This is pretty normal. However, there are extreme cases; cases such as severe obesity... More

Saturday, December 12, 2015

Treating obesity: CHAIM blogger picked up by Neuronline

In May, 2015, Martin Wellman, a doctoral student in Carleton's Department of Neuroscience wrote a blog on the complexities of the ghrelin system. Understanding how this system works can help inform strategies for addressing obesity. His blog described research conducted by Wellman and his supervisor, Alfonso Abizaid. Wellman's blog describing... More

Thursday, July 16, 2015

Success at CIHR

Congratulations to four member of the CHAIM Centre who were successful in this year's competitions at the Canadian Institutes for Health Research! Alex Wong, from the Dept. of Biology, was the recipient of a CIHR New Investigators Salary Award to support his research on antibiotic resistance and bacterial adaptation. While antibiotics have been... More

Wednesday, June 10, 2015

White Bread Sandwiches

There’s something a little extra delicious about a barbequed meal and a cold beer on the deck after returning home from a fire-fighting tour. Our crew just finished a 19-day tour in Lac la Biche district in Alberta. We were working on a fire near Cold Lake that grew to 10 000 ha in... More

Saturday, May 23, 2015

Problems in treating obesity: Complexities of the ghrelin system

By Martin Wellman, Department of Neuroscience, Carleton University In Statistics Canada’s most recent report on overweight and obesity in 2013, 18.8% of Canadians aged 18 or older were obese based on their body-mass index, while 41.9% of men and 27.7% of women were overweight [1]. We are all aware of these health conditions in... More

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