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

Your body composition not only tells you how much body fat you have, it tells you where it’s located, which can be valuable data. For example, visceral adipose tissue (or, the fat around your abdomen) ...

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 ...

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

Time-restricted eating may not add additional benefit in visceral adipose tissue reduction over the Mediterranean diet for people with overweight or obesity.

Background Extremely low weight and rapid changes in weight and body composition have become major concerns ... method for thickness measurement of uncompressed subcutaneous adipose tissue and of ...