In collaboration with researchers in South Korea, a team from The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) has discovered a ...

Obesity is known to be a major risk factor that exacerbates metabolic disorders, such as type 2 diabetes. A key molecule ...

What Is the Relationship Between Obesity and Inflammation? Obesity and inflammation are closely linked and can create a harmful cycle that disrupts your body's systems, harms organs, and raises the ...

Scientists reveal a hidden “wiring system” in brown fat that could help turn your body into a calorie-burning furnace.

As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...

Regular exercise doesn’t just burn calories—it fundamentally changes your fat tissue at a cellular level, according to groundbreaking research. A recent study has uncovered surprising differences ...

As population aging accelerates worldwide, aging-related diseases have become a major challenge in both life science and ...

New research from the University of Eastern Finland sheds light on the mechanisms associating obesity with inflammation by exploring tiny membrane particles, known as extracellular vesicles, secreted ...

Scientists have identified a key biological system that helps brown fat burn energy by building the networks it needs to function. A protein called SLIT3 splits into two parts, with each piece guiding ...

The expansion of visceral fat, along with its inflammatory role in obesity and metabolic diseases, is particularly severe," Fancher said. "This study highlights the impact of obesity, which often ...