After menopause, individuals with cardiovascular disease and weight gain may face a higher risk of breast cancer, recent ...

A new study published in Brain Research suggests that adding okra to the diet can protect against long-term metabolic problems caused by early-life overfeeding. In a rat model, okra supplementation ...

Hormones can be helpful heroes, supporting the immune system and a healthy sleep-wake schedule. But they can also be culprits ...

You may have been harbouring the greatest myth if you thought that calories are just numbers and that your body treats all of ...

Obesity is defined by chronic low-grade inflammation in the body. Fat cells, particularly dysfunctional ones, release ...

Fat tissue secretes hormones known as adipokines. Patients with obesity have a larger amount of leptin than a normal ...

A new algorithm enables smartwatch fitness trackers to more accurately monitor energy expenditure of people with obesity during physical activity.

"Insulin resistance is perhaps the most serious epidemic in the world today, Roberts says. "It can lead to all the major killers including heart disease, obesity, strokes, diabetes and 13 types of ...

Phlorizin ameliorates obesity-associated endotoxemia and insulin resistance in high-fat diet-fed mice by targeting the gut microbiota and intestinal barrier integrity.

Obesity, a growing global epidemic, is identified as a significant, modifiable risk factor for ovarian cancer, a deadly gynecologic malignancy often d ...