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 ...

Hiding in plain sight, fat can be notoriously difficult to spot. It doesn’t always spill over the top of your waistband or push against the buttons of your shirt; instead, it lurks deep inside us, ...

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

One way to cut through the clutter is to focus on body composition. if you’ve only ever heard this term used by gym bros chugging protein shakes, I promise it’s about more than getting ripped. When ...

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

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

US-based MicroAire Surgical Instruments has acquired NEOSYAD, a developer of technology for adipose tissue engineering. France-based NEOSYAD recently gained CE marking under the European Union’s ...

It’s not a hormone, vitamin, or miracle drug; it’s a special type of fat tissue. Most of us wage war against unwanted body fat. However ... perspective primarily draws from mouse studies, and human ...

But a new study hints that maybe we aren’t so special. A million years ago, researchers have found, an extinct species of human relatives known as Homo erectus thrived in a harsh desert ...

Research from Rutgers New Jersey Medical School shows that brown adipose tissue can boost exercise performance and ... Unlike white fat, which stores energy, brown fat increases body warmth and ...