A study in older women indicates that combining exercise with hormone treatment can reduce visceral fat without affecting ...

As the body ages, subtle hormonal shifts begin to reshape where fat is stored, with important consequences for long-term ...

Where fat accumulates in the body may influence cancer risk, a new study suggests. Image credit: Katsumi Murouchi/Getty Images For many years, body mass index (BMI) has been used as a measure of ...

Throughout any given year, the National Academies convene hundreds of conferences, workshops, symposia, forums, roundtables, and other gatherings that attract the finest minds in academia and the ...

The global rise in obesity is staggering. Obesity has doubled in over 70 nations within a span of a mere four decades. By the year 2035, experts predict four billion individuals will be affected by it ...

Fri, February 13, 2026 at 4:02 PM UTC There are other elements that matter here, too, like how much fat you have overall, but the study also found a link between being “skinny fat” and having a higher ...

How fat is distributed in people's bodies could make a difference to their risk of certain cancers, according to new research led by the University of Bristol. The study is published in JNCI: Journal ...

As cardiovascular function ages, the heart becomes fibrotic, leading to reduced contraction, and vascular function declines, ...

While we've known for some time that obesity affects the brain, scientists have found that, more importantly, it's where you carry it that matters. And it's the deep visceral fat around organs that ...