Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that obesity affects more than 40% of American adults, placing them at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, ...

As anyone who’s gone on a diet knows, once you lose some weight, it gets harder to lose more. The “eat less, move more” mantra, as simple as it sounds, doesn’t help us deal with our bodies’ metabolic ...

Correction to: European Journal of Clinical Nutrition advance online publication 11 January 2017; doi:10.1038/ejcn.2016.260 Since the publication of this article, the ...

For decades, the causes of obesity — and the most effective way to lose weight — have been the subject of fierce debate among scientists and healthcare professionals. According to one theory, known as ...

Sept. 13 (UPI) --Overeating has traditionally been linked to obesity, but researchers say the real culprit is a diet high in processed sugars and carbohydrates, according to a commentary published ...

We’re familiar with the pattern by now: Every few years, a new study emerges with new obesity statistics. The numbers seem shockingly high, almost impossibly high, until the next study comes along ...

In a Perspective, John Speakman and Kevin Hall suggest that, while insulin does play a role in body fat regulation, it does so independent of dietary carbohydrates. Thus, low-carb, high-fat diets - ...

Calorie counting might be an outdated approach to weight loss, according to a new review. Experts say hormones like insulin - and related factors like how many carbs you eat - may be driving obesity ...

As anyone who’s gone on a diet knows, once you lose some weight, it gets harder to lose more. The “eat less, move more” mantra, as simple as it sounds, doesn’t help us deal with our bodies’ metabolic ...

Some miscellaneous information was erroneously included in the corrigendum. It should have read: Since the publication of this article, the author has noticed that the references at the end of the ...