Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

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 ...

Adipose tissue, commonly known as body fat, plays a crucial role in our overall health and metabolism. Once thought to be merely a passive storage site for energy, recent research has revealed ...

Body weight and body mass index alone are not enough to predict whether someone will develop a metabolic disease. A new atlas of cells in fat tissue could help to explain why some overweight people ...

Study reveals that sleep traits predict over 15% of body characteristics across 15 physiological systems, with visceral fat, ...

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

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

Scientists are tackling society's growing obesity problem from all kinds of angles – and new research picks out a particular ...

Congenital generalized lipodystrophy (CGL) is a rare autosomal recessive disorder characterized by a near-total absence of ...