“That’s why,” says Dr Naval Vikram Kishore, professor of medicine, Metabolic Research Group, AIIMS, “obesity has to be ...

This week, a group of researchers have called for doctors to stop using the Body Mass Index, or BMI, to define obesity. It's ...

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With the recent surge in popularity of weight loss drugs like Ozempic, altogether called GLP-1s, there has been renewed scientific interest in understanding how our bodies regulate muscle growth.

Obesity is linked to many common diseases, such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, fatty liver disease and knee osteoarthritis.Source: PexelsObesity is currently defined using a person’s body mass ...

Intramuscular fat, contained within muscle tissue, increases the risk of serious heart disease, regardless of other risk factors, a new study suggests.

A well-marbled steak is highly prized for grilling, but those sort of fat deposits in human muscles can be deadly, a new study says. People with pockets of fat hidden within their muscles have a ...

A retrospective study demonstrated slightly elevated baseline fasting plasma glucose levels to be a robust marker of incident diabetes risk, even when those levels fell within the normal range.

A group of global experts is proposing a new way to define and diagnose obesity, reducing the emphasis on the controversial ...