Baby frogs don’t develop the neural circuitry responsible for feeding inhibition until they begin metamorphosing into adults. 

Findings from a randomized, controlled trial finds that reducing food intake decreases metabolism and reduces oxidative damage to tissues and cells.

The correspondence points to routine data-massaging at a high-profile lab.

Animals lacking a sense of smell stayed thinner than their smelling counterparts, despite eating the same amount.

Fruit flies and mice grow better and eat less when the amino acid balance of their food reflects that coded by their exomes.

See how scientists designed food with amino acid compositions based on protein-coding regions in the genomes of mice and fruit flies.

Inducing activity in the zona incerta region of the brain prompts mice to gorge themselves.

Bacteria in the intestine produce proteins that stop rodents from eating.

Glucose activates sleep-promoting neurons in the mouse hypothalamus.