Weight Loss

Scientists find new drug to prevent obesity, liver disease caused by high-fat diet

The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that there are 4.5 million adults in the U.S. diagnosed with the liver disease...

Almonds may help you lose weight, prevent diabetes, heart disease

Scientists found weight loss is never an easy nut to crack, but a handful of almonds could keep extra kilos at bay.

Vegan diet rich in legumes may help you lose weight

In a study from the Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, scientists found a vegan diet improves diet quality, leading to decreased weight and improved...

If weight loss is your only goal for exercise, it’s time to rethink your...

Here are just five ways exercise improves our health, no matter how much we weigh.

Here’s how the body reacts to one-off overeating

Whether it’s a summer barbecue with friends, your favourite fast food takeaway, or Christmas dinner, we can probably all recall times when we’ve eaten...

Drug for dementia can improve heart health, reduce obesity, fatty liver

In a recent study from Johns Hopkins Medicine, scientists found that a drug first developed to treat Alzheimer’s disease, schizophrenia and sickle cell disease...

Weight loss treatments are not a permanent fix – that doesn’t mean they ‘don’t...

Weight loss is the easy part (relatively speaking). The problem is when you come off a diet or stop taking a weight-loss drug, the weight will creep back up.

Artificial sweeteners may make you fat

With nearly 40% of the world’s population now classified as obese, and increasing evidence pointing to sugar as the culprit, people are turning to...

Weight loss surgery can reduce heart disease risk

Scientists found obese adults with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) could benefit from bariatric surgery.

High-fat diet may increase pain sensations without obesity or diabetes

Western diets are rich in fats—in particularly saturated fats, which have proved to be responsible for an epidemic of obesity, diabetes and associated conditions. Individuals...