Findings indicate that dapagliflozin and calorie restriction together improve weight loss and metabolic health, increasing ...

A commission proposed a new definition of obesity focused on how excess fat affects the body, rather than assessing body mass ...

BMI provided a shaky foundation for understanding obesity and related health risks. A shift to more accurate anthropometric ...

“That’s why,” says Dr Naval Vikram Kishore, professor of medicine, Metabolic Research Group, AIIMS, “obesity has to be ...

This week, a group of researchers have called for doctors to stop using the Body Mass Index, or BMI, to define obesity. It's ...

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With the recent surge in popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic, altogether called GLP-1s, there has been renewed scientific interest in understanding how our bodies regulate muscle growth.

A well-marbled steak is highly prized for grilling, but those sort of fat deposits in human muscles can be deadly, a new study says. People with pockets of fat hidden within their muscles have a ...

Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk ...