Maintaining and managing weight can be tough. Over 42 percent of adults and 18.5 percent of children and adolescents in the United States have obesity. Overweight and obesity may be associated with ...

Definition What the Science Says Can You Change It? Set-Point and Weight Loss Youve locked in on your weight loss goals, consistently cut back on calories, and made time for daily workouts. Yet after ...

Sometimes it seems as if our bodies simply get comfortable, deciding to settle in at one spot on the scale no matter what we do. If you feel that your physical self just wants to stay at one ...

Most people think of weight loss as a math problem: calories in versus calories out. In reality, your body sees it as a survival threat. When calorie intake falls or body fat decreases, biological ...

Understanding our body’s natural “healthy” weight range is much like understanding our foot size: Each of us has a unique, natural size based on our individual biology. This idea is especially ...

The new theory—the "dual-intervention point"—states that instead of a singular body "set point," each person has a lower and upper limit, and that the body only reacts when body weight drops below the ...

Your defended weight range can gradually shift upward through hormonal, metabolic, environmental, and microbiome-driven changes that push the body toward higher weight. Questions about why weight gain ...

You’ve locked in on your weight loss goals, consistently cut back on calories, and made time for daily workouts. Yet after initially losing a couple of pounds, you just can’t get that number on the ...

BATON ROUGE, La. – Pennington Biomedical researchers recently investigated the systems of the body that regulate weight, exploring whether our bodies defend an established weight target or if our ...