For decades, doctors relied heavily on BMI, or Body Mass Index, to estimate health risk. But many cardiologists and metabolic ...

Historically, much of weight loss advice focused on eating less and moving more. In recent times, researchers discovered that what, and not just how much, someone eats also influences weight loss and ...

Well, one type of fat. Research shows adults have large, active deposits of “brown fat,” a type of energy-burner once thought to disappear after infancy. Scientists hope it may lead to ways to fight ...

Scientists at McGill University have uncovered a hidden molecular “switch” that turns on a powerful calorie-burning system in brown fat — the body’s heat-generating fat linked to metabolism and weight ...

Our body fat may turn out to be a secret weapon in our everlasting fight against cancer. A new study released this week suggests that fat cells can be engineered into a treatment that literally ...

Scientists at McGill University have uncovered a hidden molecular "switch" that turns on a powerful calorie-burning system in brown fat, the body's heat-generating fat linked to metabolism and weight ...