As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...

New research reveals the danger of ‘fatty muscles’, but there are steps you can take to protect yourself against this hard-to ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas ...

A new study uncovers a novel mechanism through which brown fat is transformed into heat, offering protection against ...

Humans with relatively more fat hidden in and around their muscles face a higher risk of death or hospitalization from heart ...

Researchers have identified a mechanism where the removal of the mitochondrial protein MCJ in mice leads to increased heat ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

According to a doctor, when a person suffers from metabolically healthy obesity, most of the fat accumulates in the hips and ...

For those who are not able to sleep properly, have a fluctuating weight, or suffer from certain diseases or conditions, you ...

They also found a previously undiscovered mechanism for turning body fat into heat (a process known as thermogenesis ... In ...

That test could help identify patients at greatest risk for potentially deadly cardiac problems such as coronary artery ...