All obesity
February 25, 2014
The impact of public policy on behaviorUIC Distinguished Researcher of the Year Lisa Powell
February 18, 2014
Is your hometown making you overweight?Study asks: is where you live a factor in obesity?
December 17, 2013
TV ads nutritionally unhealthy for kids, study findsMost food marketed on children’s programs high in fats, sugars, sodium
December 5, 2013
Study to see if weight loss tied to where people liveNursing researchers will analyze data from 1 million veterans
May 15, 2013
Robotic transplant an option for obese kidney patientsPatients once doomed to die on dialysis have new hope for transplant
May 14, 2013
With pilot grants, researchers can test ideasCenter for Clinical and Translational Science selected six research projects for funding in 2013
November 7, 2012
Kids consume more calories, soda when eating outChildren and adolescents consume more calories and soda on days they eat at fast-food or full-service restaurants, as compared to days they eat meals at — or from — home.
November 5, 2012
Kids Consume More Soda and Calories When Eating OutChildren and adolescents consume more calories and soda and have poorer nutrient-intake on days they eat at either fast-food or full-service restaurants, according to a new study by researchers at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
October 1, 2012
$4M Grant to Study Impact of Policy, Environment on Kids’ HealthUIC’s ImpacTeen project to study influences on youth nutrition, physical activity
August 31, 2012
First Simultaneous Robotic Kidney Transplant, Sleeve Gastrectomy PerformedA 35-year-old Chicago woman is the first patient in the world to have a combined procedure that offers new hope for obese kidney patients.