Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that obesity affects more than 40% of American adults, placing them at higher risk for heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes, ...

As anyone who’s gone on a diet knows, once you lose some weight, it gets harder to lose more. The “eat less, move more” mantra, as simple as it sounds, doesn’t help us deal with our bodies’ metabolic ...

For decades, the causes of obesity — and the most effective way to lose weight — have been the subject of fierce debate among scientists and healthcare professionals. According to one theory, known as ...

From Blount Memorial Health Nov 3, 2019 Nov 3, 2019 Obesity rates have been on the rise in the United States for quite some time. Unfortunately, the fairly widespread knowledge that rates are rising ...

Some miscellaneous information was erroneously included in the corrigendum. It should have read: Since the publication of this article, the author has noticed that the references at the end of the ...

In a study of overweight people maintaining weight loss, those on a low-carbohydrate diet burned about 250 more calories per day than those on a high-carbohydrate diet. The study of 164 people, ...

Rockville, MD (September 8, 2021) – Statistics from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that obesity affects more than 40% of American adults, placing them at higher risk for ...

In a Perspective, John Speakman and Kevin Hall suggest that, while insulin does play a role in body fat regulation, it does so independent of dietary carbohydrates. Thus, low-carb, high-fat diets - ...