Changes may be coming to the U.S. dietary guidelines: If public comments from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are any indication, Americans could see a big difference when it comes to ...

Several public health organizations and the U.S. Dietary Guidelines for Americans have recommended for years that people reach for low-fat dairy products as part of a well-balanced diet. But there’s ...

New dietary guidelines are due out this fall, and based on public comments by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., they could amount to a radical departure from what Americans have seen in years ...

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told the U.S. military’s senior-most officers Tuesday that he no longer wants to see “fat generals and admirals” or overweight troops. Addressing a crowded auditorium in ...

A breakthrough may have been made in the fight against obesity after researchers discovered a method to transform white fat cells into beige fat cells, which are capable of burning calories. While ...

Researchers at UC San Francisco have figured out how to turn ordinary white fat cells, which store calories, into beige fat cells that burn calories to maintain body temperature. The discovery in mice ...

When the 25-year-old woman enrolled in a longitudinal study on obesity in 2016, she was healthy by all standard measures, with one exception: her body mass index (BMI). As is the norm for study ...

Because fatness is in the eye of the beholder, and someone who is fat in Los Angeles might be skinny in Minneapolis, it is clear that fat is socially constructed. That does not mean there is no such ...

The start of a new year for many means the start of a new health and fitness journey. Claire Edgemon, senior registered dietitian at Baylor College of Medicine, provides insight on how knowing your ...

In a world where on-off switches are ubiquitous, it’s easy to see why such a switch could be so appealing, biologically speaking. Turn on what you want. Turn off what you don’t. In August 2020, an ...