New Key Brain Target Of Fat Hormone
Science Daily - Jan 25 9:24 PM
Researchers have identified a new area of the brain that responds to the fat hormone leptin in regulating body weight and energy expenditure. They said that the region seems to be particularly important in enabling the body to resist weight gain from a high-fat diet. Their discovery, they said, indicates that leptin acts on more brain areas than previously believed, to regulate body weight.Save to My Web

Shy dog found after it lives two months in the woods
Peninsula Daily News - Jan 25 3:58 AM
SEQUIM -- Throughout the holidays, Sheba was on the Peninsula Woods Diet. She lost close to 10 pounds between Thanksgiving and Martin Luther King Jr. Day, but that wasn't a good thing.Save to My Web

N.D. Potatoe Storage Level Low
WJLA-TV Washington D.C. - Jan 25 3:29 AM
BISMARCK, N.D. (AP) - The amount of potatoes in storage in North Dakota is at its lowest January level in 16 years, and officials say the waning Atkins low-carb diet craze is one reason.Growers, dealers and processors had the equivalent of 11.3 million hundred-pound bags of potatoes in storage on Jan. 1, down 35 percent from a year ago and the lowest January level since 11 million hundredweight Save to My Web

Waning Diet Craze Means Fewer Stored Potatoes
Money Sense - Jan 25 2:34 AM
The amount of potatoes in storage in North Dakota is at its lowest January level in 16 years, and officials say the waning Atkins low-carb diet craze is one reason.Save to My Web