A new mouse study suggests that "beige" fat surrounding blood vessels can send calming signals to the arteries—revealing an ...

Evidence is mounting that our body fat supports everything from our bone health to our mood, and now, research suggests it ...

Promoting brown fat activity could counteract hypertension by reshaping the molecular signals that govern vascular stiffness.

To be clear, having some body fat is perfectly normal. However, according to medical experts, there are some types of belly fat that could lead to more serious health concerns, and put you at risk for ...

Do muscles make the man? New research reveals that body fat and BMI play a bigger role in male attractiveness than most ...

The concept of somatotypes is based on the understanding that everyone is born with a body type. Body type, or somatotype, is inherited and expresses itself as skeletal structure and body composition.

Trans fats are unsaturated fatty acids. When a person eats trans fats it raises their bad low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels. Trans fats also lower a person’s good high-density ...

Mice given processed fats struggled to adapt to winter. In A Nutshell Mice eating processed fats got stuck in “summer mode”; ...

Forget about those unrealistic muscle definitions! A groundbreaking study highlights that the most attractive body fat range for men is a balanced middle ground, not the overly ripped or heavily ...