Claudio Villanueva receives funding from National Institutes of Health. Over the past few years, a new class of medications has transformed the treatment of obesity. Drugs like Ozempic, Wegovy and ...

Body fat percentage—the percentage of your total body mass that is made up of fat—has long been a core tenet of the gym bro lexicon. It's also ultimately the variable that determines whether or not ...

Extra belly fat may be a bigger red flag for heart health than body mass index (BMI), according to a new study. BMI, a screening tool widely used to determine whether people are at a "normal" weight, ...

FAT Brands is moving toward a potential sale. The restaurant group, which filed for bankruptcy in late January, recently outlined plans to pursue a court-supervised sales process. The franchisor ...

FAT Brands Inc. may soon be under new ownership as the company prepares to sell all or part of its assets following its Chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in January. The 18-brand parent company of Fazoli’s ...

A recent class-action lawsuit alleges that David Protein misrepresented the calorie and fat contents in its popular protein bars, a challenge for a company known for catering to health-conscious ...

Gut dysbiosis caused by a high-fat diet can allow bacteria to move from the gut to the brain in mice, according to a new study by David Weiss and Arash Grakoui from Emory University, U.S., and ...

Since the airline changed its policy on larger passengers this year, travelers say agents have publicly scrutinized their bodies and made them buy extra seats. By Christine Chung Plus-size passengers ...

While some prefer to fly under the radar when they get plastic surgery, celebrities including Denise Richards, Secret Lives ...

Nicole "Snooki" Polizzi revealed she was diagnosed with cancer. "My results came back from my biopsy, and it came back stage 1 cervical cancer called adenocarcinoma or something," she shared in a ...