In laboratory testing, an implantable device helped rats shed almost 40 percent of their body weight
More than 700 million adults and children worldwide are obese, according to a 2017 study that called the growing number and weight-related health problems a “rising pandemic.” New battery-fr... Read more
It sounds too good to be true, but a novel approach that might allow you to eat as much as you want without gaining weight could be a reality in the near future. When a single gene known as... Read more
Our bodies contain two types of fat: white fat and brown fat. While white fat stores calories, brown fat burns energy and could help us lose weight. Now, scientists at the University of Camb... Read more
UNC School of Medicine researchers led by Jenny Ting, PhD, and colleagues, publish a new approach to weight loss and diabetes prevention. Scientists from the UNC School of Medicine discovere... Read more
Breakthrough could lead to personalized obesity treatments within a decade Research by scientists at King’s College London into the role the gut plays in processing and distributing fa... Read more
Our bodies are extremely efficient at storing fat from food into our fat tissue. In a new study, researchers from the University of Copenhagen have managed to completely block the developmen... Read more
Parasitic worms aren’t all bad. Parts of the world in which people are still regularly infected by them tend to have lower levels of autoimmune disease. This and other observations hav... Read more
