These edible beads harness the power of chemistry for weight loss. Researchers presenting at ACS Fall 2025 developed the beads using green tea polyphenols, vitamin E, and an alginate polymer. A study ...

A key protein involved in fat metabolism has been found to do more than scientists once thought. Instead of just releasing fat, it helps maintain healthy fat tissue and balance in the body. When it’s ...

Sarah Todd returned to reporting in January 2025 after being assignment editor at STAT since October 2022. You can reach Sarah on Signal at sarahlizchar.47. Christopher Gardner is exuberant in his ...

Changes may be coming to the U.S. dietary guidelines: If public comments from Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., are any indication, Americans could see a big difference when it comes to ...

February is American Heart Month. Like many of you, I do my best to eat healthy and get enough exercise. As I was preparing dinner, I casually made a comment about how the meal I was making was higher ...

For more than half a century, Americans have been urged to shy away from saturated fats, found mainly in animal products. We have been told to cook with canola oil instead of butter, select skim ...

Men typically have more fat around the abdominal area than women, even if they have the same total body fat. Belly fat in older men does not have just one cause; it results from multiple factors ...