Scientists mapped fat tissue differences in obese individuals, uncovering cell changes linked to metabolic disease risk and ...

In the U.S., the overall average body fat percentage is around 40% for women and 28% for men. Body fat (BF) percentage refers ...

A new study from Zurich and Leipzig reveals why some obese people remain healthy while others develop metabolic diseases. The ...

Finally, the researchers also found differences between men and women: a certain type of progenitor cell is present only in the visceral fat of women. “This could explain differences in the ...

CHILDREN as young as ten have had hip replacements on the NHS because they are so fat, shock figures show. They are going under the knife as childhood obesity levels soar, with one in three now ...

The Midlands - famous for Shakespeare, Land Rovers and Ozzy Osbourne - is now the only place in the UK where the number of obese women outnumber overweight men. Some women blamed their huge ...