According to the World Health Organization, the number of people worldwide who are obese has nearly tripled since 1975. Experts think that chemical exposure may play a role in that growth. A team now ...

Scientists in China have found a new potential drug target for weight loss. Blocking a protein called CD44 has been shown to protect against obesity in mice on a high-fat diet, specifically by ...

White fat is the type of fat that forms love handles and beer bellies, storing most of the body's excess energy in flabby tissues. Brown fat, on the other hand, burns calories to keep the body warm in ...

Researchers are getting closer to learning how to turn white fat cells into brown fat cells, in a process called "beiging," to bring down blood sugar levels and fight diabetes. The team, led by Joseph ...

Not all body fat is created equal. We already know that white and brown adipocytes, or fat cells, are distinct from each other in that white adipocytes store and release lipids while brown adipocytes ...

Understanding how fat tissue forms and functions is crucial for addressing obesity and related metabolic diseases. However, adipose tissue, or body fat, behaves differently based on its location in ...

A new discovery in genetics could have implications for your waistline. Researchers are studying how a gene called "adipose" controls fat formation in a variety of organisms. The work shows that ...

The enzyme TPPII may contribute to obesity by stimulating the formation of fat cells, suggests a study in EMBO reports this week. The enzyme, TPPII, has previously been linked to making people feel ...

Fat comes in an earth-tone palette. Also called adipose tissue, fat comes in shades of white, brown, and beige. Each of these colors results from the tissue’s molecular composition. Brown fat, which ...

Most of us don’t give our liver a second thought. But studies show that when fat clogs the organ, it can slow your metabolism, triggering tiredness and weight gain. But new research suggests that ...

Millions of women struggle with hard-to-lose fat that collects around our midsection throughout adulthood. And then we hit their 40s and 50s and it feels as though that extra roll of belly fat has ...