University of Florida News

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — A hormone that increases energy use and decreases appetite in mammals is helping University of Florida researchers learn how rats’ brains control weight loss and how gene therapy might one day help people stay slim effortlessly.

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Women see solo vacations as adventures in freedom and liberation, despite portrayals of those travelers as foolish risk-takers, a new University of Florida study shows.