A new system for classifying processed foods may provide a more accurate assessment of their health impacts, according to ...

Want to cut calories without feeling deprived? New research suggests the answer might already be sitting in your spice rack.

Even if we can't see them, microorganisms are everywhere, inextricably linked to life on Earth at every level. They range from pathogenic bacteria and viruses that can make us sick to the microbes ...

Physicians are trained to follow the evidence. That’s exactly what UPenn researchers want you to do before dismissing all ...

Welcome back, everyone. This is the third installment in a weekly feature which was borne out of my weight loss journey this ...

Wondering what is EPOC, exactly? The acronym stands for excess post-exercise oxygen consumption, and it refers to the ...

If you have been on a weight loss journey, you know how difficult it can be. The most important factor to consider is the ...

Eating a high-fat diet will typically result in weight gain. But a new study published in Nature Metabolism has uncovered an ...

Academics say smartwatches shouldn't be relied upon to count calories as the devices are not accurate at working out how many ...

The sleep period was held constant, between 11 p.m. to 9 a.m. Participants visited Penn's Center for Human Phenomic Science to get metabolic measures and blood drawn at the beginning, after the ...

When hiking on challenging terrain, the average person can burn around 400-550 calories per hour, says one expert. Hiking provides a host of mental and physical health advantages including ...

Instead, minerals in fossilized teeth reveal that megalodon might have been an opportunistic feeder to meet its remarkable 100,000-calorie-per-day requirement.