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Although you get your fatty acid levels routinely checked at the doctor’s, rarely do clinicians and researchers consider the effects of their potentially harmful byproducts.
Body weight is affected by many factors – so it’s possible that even if different people ate the exact same foods at Christmas, one may gain more weight.
Reduction in physical activity over the last few decades is one of the main culprits in rising obesity rates.
Many people don’t realise that muscle is also lost when losing weight.
Overreliance on BMI as a measure of weight and health has deepened inequities and led to inaccuracies and overgeneralizations.
Many women say they put on weight during menopause, but is the menopause actually causing the weight gain? Here’s what the science says.
Mice who exercised in the late morning had approximately two-fold greater fat breakdown.
Despite years of study, evidence on whether it’s possible remains mixed.
The type of fat tissue we store in certain parts of our body is partly behind this link.
Workouts that include weight lifting and bodyweight exercises burn fat both during and afterwards.
The human body is built to adapt to the sudden stress of overeating.
BMI categories don’t give us a full picture of a person’s health risk.
Gut microbiota are better predictors of belly fat than diet.
Fat around the abdominal organs is a different kind of fat – it releases chemicals into our body.
People are often disappointed when exercise doesn’t translate into weight loss. Here are four reasons it might not be happening for you (yet).
The much used before and after photograph to motivate weight loss might not be as motivational as was once thought.
Celebrity fitness gurus tell us to turn up the heat in the gym to see immediate results. But the science of how we use energy in our bodies shows a long-term view is the best approach.
Once we reach adulthood, our bone structure and proportions are fixed, but we can manipulate our muscles.
Scientists thought they were closing in on one great new treatment but may have found another instead.
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