Is your New Year's resolution to quit raiding the fridge when you should be sleeping? Research in mice has found that a high fat diet puts their biological clocks out of synch, so they ate at times when they should have been resting. The new finding could lead to new ways to treat obesity.

Gene that helps regulate fat storage discovered at Roswell Park Cancer Institute.

A family of proteins called PPARs (peroxisome proliferator-activator receptors) controls how the body uses sugar and fat. PPAR-gamma drives the formation of fat cells and regulates the storage of fat. It encourages muscles to burn sugar and maintains insulin sensitivity. PPAR-delta regulates how muscles burn fat by stimulating cellular ...