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 ...

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 ...

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

Increased intermuscular fat is associated with coronary microvascular dysfunction and adverse cardiovascular outcomes.

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

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

Rutgers Health researchers have found that a weekly injection of diabetes medication could replace painful daily hormone ...

Time-restricted eating may not add additional benefit in visceral adipose tissue reduction over the Mediterranean diet.

Ozempic and Wegovy do the same thing as GLP-1 would normally do for you — but to enable them to treat diabetes and obesity, ...

From the National Institute of Arthritis and Metabolic Diseases, National Institutes of Health, and the departments of medicine, Beth Israel Hospital and Harvard Medical School. Select the format ...

Visceral adipose tissue (VAT) significantly contributes to complications associated with obesity. Reducing adipose tissue accumulation can improves inflammation. However, it is still unknown how the ...

These mitochondria give the tissue its distinctive dark color and unique metabolic properties. While babies are born with significant amounts of brown fat to help regulate their body temperature, ...