Although Americans spend billions on them, published research shows a lack of strong evidence that dietary supplements and alternative therapies help adults lose weight, according…
New research published this week challenges a popular belief that intermittent fasting diets such as alternate day fasting or the ‘5:2’ are the most effective…
Study finds people who eat more tend to take larger bites or eat faster. According to a new study, people who eat faster or take…
A randomized controlled trial found that tai chi is about as effective as conventional exercise for reducing waist circumference in middle-aged and older adults with…
A 3D structure reveals how a unique molecular switch in our brain causes us to feel full – and may help develop improved anti-obesity drugs….
Females and those with lower body weight have better results. New research presented at this year’s European Congress on Obesity (held online, May 10-13) shows…
A receptor that helps conserve energy when food is scarce may be the key to a safer approach to treating diet-induced obesity, research led by…
Scientists from the University of Granada also found that, if the exercise is performed in the afternoon, the effects of the caffeine are more marked…
One in four Germans suffers from metabolic syndrome. Several of four diseases of affluence occur at the same time in this ‘deadly quartet’: obesity, high…
Findings suggest drug has potential to reduce risk of heart disease, diabetes, and stroke. In adults with obesity or overweight, weekly treatment with the glucagon-like…
Weight lifting, also known as resistance training, has been practiced for centuries as a way of building muscular strength. Research shows that resistance training, whether…
Study finds that in nematodes, SKN-1B controls behaviors like foraging, eating, and resting. In nematode worms, a key controller allows the worm to sense when…
Studies in mice show fat location matters for intermittent fasting. In a mouse study, Australian researchers have mapped out what happens behind the scenes in…
One third (35%) of people who took a new drug for treating obesity lost more than one-fifth (greater than or equal to 20%) of their…
A vegan diet is more effective for weight loss than a Mediterranean diet, according to a groundbreaking new study that compared the diets head to…
People on a low-fat, plant-based diet ate fewer daily calories but had higher insulin and blood glucose levels, compared to when they ate a low-carbohydrate,…
A noticeable impact on the waistline of many people is a side-effect of the quarantine due to the global COVID-19 outbreak. Reduced activity and lack…
For the first time, scientists have studied the early effects of time-restricted feeding on the daily periodic oscillations of metabolites and genes in muscle, and…