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 ...

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 ...

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Researchers have discovered a new type of tissue, a soft and flexible ‘fatty cartilage’ that could revolutionize the ...

Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk ...

A diabetes drug may beat costly shots for patients with a rare genetic condition, according to a Rutgers Health study.

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

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

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

Recent advances in single-cell and single-nucleus transcriptomics have provided new insights into the complexity of fat ...

Excessive gestational weight gain (GWG) is associated with greater fetal size, mainly manifested by fat accumulation across the abdomen.