Obese people often experience less pleasure from eating, and UC Berkeley scientists may have discovered why: a decrease in a brain chemical called neurotensin. Correcting this deficit could restore ...

Healthy diets often come down to the quality of food, not the quantity of fats or carbs you are removing.

Adults with obesity achieved greater long-term weight loss if they partook in a nutrition plan designed for rapid weight loss ...

Eating out versus preparing food at home is consistently linked to excess weight, both in wealthy and poorer nations, ...

A high-fat diet may do more than pack on pounds — it could disrupt aspects of gut–brain communication, potentially contributing to issues such as overeating and mood or cognitive changes, according to ...

Fat is vital, but it must be the right sort. Experts explain why that is, what the best foods to eat are, and how many grams you should eat This is the 82nd instalment in a series on dementia, ...

TUMMY fat, bingo wings, beer belly or muffin tops – whatever your hang-up, as the weather warms up all those wobbles feel ...

Packing it on around the middle as we age can significantly heighten risk for disease, experts say. But the visible bulge many of us are battling, made up of subcutaneous fat, isn’t the major culprit, ...

Obesity is a serious health condition in which your body fat is at a level that negatively affects your overall health. The American Medical Association officially started calling it a disease in 2013 ...

Maternal obesity impacts the eating behaviors of offspring via long-term overexpression of the microRNA miR-505-5p, according to a new study. Maternal obesity impacts the eating behaviors of offspring ...