Eating healthy is the key to maintaining weight loss
Shedding excess pounds is challenging, but it is only half the weight loss journey.
After reaching a goal weight, patients must commit to healthy eating...
Obesity puts people at higher risk of diabetes, high blood pressure
Obesity continues to become more common worldwide, despite the health risks and increased mortality posed by the diseases and conditions that accompany it (comorbidities).
Obesity...
Onions may reduce body fat in overweight people
Scientists found that onions may help reduce body fat and improve metabolic health in overweight people.
Obesity makes heart disease hard to detect and treat
In a study from Mayo Clinic, scientists found that being overweight impacts your heart health in more ways than you might think.
They examined how...
Low-carb vegan diet can reduce body weight, blood sugar, blood pressure
In a study from St. Michael's Hospital, scientists found that a low-carb vegan diet has the same health effects as a vegetarian diet, but...
A low-fat vegan diet may protect health in obese and overweight people
In a study from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, scientists found that a vegan diet improves diet quality, leading to decreased weight and...
Morning exercise burns more body fat, mouse study shows
When you’ve got a busy schedule, you may try to squeeze exercise in whenever you can. But there’s growing evidence that when you workout...
Obesity drugs and lifestyle change can bring long-lasting weight loss
Overweight and obese people maintained an average weight loss of 10.6% over 3 to 5 years with a program of lifestyle changes in combination with anti-obesity medications.
Whole grains may protect your blood pressure, blood sugar, waist size
Scientists from Tufts University recently found that middle-aged and older people who ate at least three servings of whole grains every day had smaller...
A low-fat vegan diet may improve health in overweight and obese people
In a study from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, scientists found that a vegan diet improves diet quality, leading to decreased weight and...