Restricting sleep for just four days can change how the body metabolizes fats, research finds. The outcomes are less satisfying meals and weight gain.

In mice, sympathetic nerves facilitate the "beigeing" of white fat to replace lost brown fat in cold temperatures.

The benefits of morning exercise and evening workouts differ, research in mice shows. But that doesn't necessarily mean one is better.

New research suggests an estrogen receptor could offers therapies to prevent obesity.

When scientists removed this liver hormone, mice burned calories more quickly. The discovery has the potential to treat metabolic disorders in people.

Women with polycystic ovary syndrome develop metabolic syndrome earlier than women without the condition, research shows.

Our bodies contain two types of fat: white fat and brown fat. While white fat stores calories, brown fat burns energy and could help us lose weight. Now, scientists at the University of Cambridge have found a way of making the white fat ‘browner’ and increasing the efficiency of brown fat.