Obesity leaves a lasting imprint on fat and immune cells in ways that might make weight regain harder to avoid ...

About 16% of adults worldwide (2.5 billion people) are obese, and 37 million children under the age of five are overweight; the prevalence of both conditions has more than doubled between 1990 and ...

A high-fat diet makes your fat cells larger, inflamed and dysfunctional, putting you at increased risk for diabetes and cardiovascular disease. Now, scientists want to figure out how to get our bodies ...

In a recent study published in Nature, a team of scientists examined how adipose tissue, specifically fat cells, retains transcriptional changes even after significant weight loss, potentially leading ...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — A burger here, some fries there—we know these foods expand our waistlines, but researchers have uncovered something far more troubling about high-fat diets. According to new ...

Skin fibrosis is an often-painful condition wherein the skin thickens and hardens, making it difficult to move. And with no effective treatments currently available, patients are left with few avenues ...