Obesity

Our body exhausts energy when we digest food to absorb, digest, transport, and store nutrients. This procedure, known as diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT), measures how...

Some 39.8% of the general adult populace is obese. The economic outcomes of obesity are high, with evaluated $1,429 greater annual medicinal services consumptions...

Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is the most common type of primary liver cancer. The risk is higher in people with long-term liver diseases or if...

Fat-fighting drug discovery.

Review analyzing almost 21,000 children suggests children who drank whole milk were less likely to be overweight or obese.

Good aerobic fitness does not protect against insulin resistance.

Examining which forms of exercise might help reduce such bone loss.

This pattern of damage correlated with some inflammatory markers like leptin.

Obesity in children is associated with differences in brain structure in regions linked to cognitive control compared to the brains of children who are normal weight.

Substituting half a daily serving of unhealthy foods with nuts may help stave off gradual weight gain.

This could open up new ways to treat obesity.

Exercise immediately prior to and during pregnancy restores key tissues in the body, making them better able to manage blood sugar levels and lowering the risk of long term health problems.