According to the World Health Organization, adult obesity has more than doubled since the 1990s, while adolescent obesity has quadrupled. Despite various diet strategies like low-carb and low-fat ...

Cutting a single amino acid from the diet caused rapid, drastic weight loss in mice by converting white fat into calorie-burning brown fat. The study reveals a powerful new mechanism for weight loss ...

Gene edited mice that are unable to create an important amino acid lose weight extremely rapidly, a finding that could lead to the development of drugs targeting the amino acid in the future. In a ...

Obesity and related metabolic diseases are among the biggest health challenges of our time, affecting millions of people worldwide and driving up risks of diabetes, heart disease, and reduced lifespan ...

Compared with a Mediterranean diet, dietary acid load decreased significantly on a low-fat vegan diet and was associated with weight loss, according to a randomized cross-over trial conducted by the ...

This new study in mice could rewrite what we know about weight loss. According to the World Health Organization, adult obesity has more than doubled since the 1990s, while adolescent obesity has ...