Research has challenged conventional wisdom about belly fat, revealing that regular exercise fundamentally changes how fat tissue functions in the body. Scientists conducted a groundbreaking study ...

Body fat distribution is one of the most misunderstood parts of women’s health. We obsess over why our stomach holds weight ...

If you melted down the average UK adult, you’d find around 22 kilograms (48.5 pounds) of creamy yellow fat – equivalent to around 88 blocks of lard, enough to fill two-thirds of a small suitcase or ...

The effects that our fat has on our movement, emotions and even our risk of Alzheimer’s disease may differ depending on where in our body it is located. When it comes to studying the health ...

Two MRI scans, showing the person on left with more visceral fat (in red) and subcutaneous fat (in blue). Photo Credit: AMRA Medical How fat is distributed around the body influences cardiovascular ...

Taylor Leamey wrote about all things wellness for CNET, specializing in mental health, sleep and nutrition coverage. She has invested hundreds of hours into studying and researching sleep and holds a ...

(Nanowerk News) Researchers have long been working on how to treat obesity, a serious condition that can lead to hypertension, diabetes, chronic inflammation, and cardiovascular diseases. Studies have ...

A fecal fat test measures the amount of fat in a person’s stool. The test assesses the digestive function and absorption of fat in the gastrointestinal tract. Several medical conditions cause poor fat ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Adolescents with greater amounts of abdominal fat depots compared with their peers also had reduced lung ...

If you’ve decided to lose weight, or you're trying to bulk up and lean out, you probably have some—okay, a lot—of questions about what happens next. In the mix: How does fat leave the body? Like, does ...