A fruit fly eats a meal laced with harmful bacteria, gets sick, and never touches that food again. That much scientists ...

Fat is not just extra weight; it is an essential organ that keeps your body running. New research shows that losing too much ...

Gut bacteria can convert white fat into energy-burning beige fat through diet-driven signals, offering new therapeutic targets for metabolic diseases.

Visceral fat, which is stored around your stomach, can be especially hard to lose. But implementing certain foods into your ...

Scientists are uncovering a surprising link between fat tissue dysfunction and metabolic disease, showing that both too much and too little fat can disrupt the body in similar ways. Credit: ...

With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, lots of Americans are committing to being more fit and losing weight. One stubborn area that many of us will be battling is that squishy part around our ...

Lifestyle patterns: Behaviors such as heavy alcohol consumption, chronic stress, and poor sleep contribute to the risk of ...

Share on Pinterest Compared to BMI scores, body-fat percentages were a stronger predictor of the 15-year mortality risk of young adults, a new study found. Thana Prasongsin/Getty Images A new study ...

Getting lean, especially six-pack level lean, is difficult. People will look for the slightest tactic that will give them an ...

A new study suggests that AI can analyze routine coronary artery calcium (CAC) scans to measure pericardial fat and ...