Research shows that focusing strictly on weight loss is not only ineffective in the long term, it can even be harmful and counterproductive.

The MIT and Accenture Convergence Initiative for Industry and Technology selects three new research projects to support.

Cambridge scientists have shown that the hypothalamus, a key region of the brain involved in controlling appetite, is different in the brains of people who are

Obese children outnumber underweight ones globally, and ‘social determinants’ in kids’ lived environments play a fundamental role. Obesity in kids can lead to a lifetime of poor health.

Horses and humans share biological similarities that lead them to suffer from similar endocrine and orthopedic diseases. A number of treatments that work for one species often work for the other.

Diabetes rates across the world have been rising steadily since the early 1990s, when this data was first estimated. That trend is only going up.

Some researchers assert that the body responds to exercise by burning fewer calories when you’re not working out. Regardless of its effects on weight loss, exercise provides many health benefits.