A large cohort study of Danish women has found that body size during childhood is associated with the timing of...

A new protein-ranking framework from the University of Cambridge is challenging the way consumers compare foods, placing tofu at the...

Obesity is often discussed in terms of excess body fat, blood glucose, and cardiovascular risk, but its effects extend deep...

Microplastics are no longer confined to distant oceans or polluted shorelines. They have been detected in drinking water, food, air...

Li, G., Maeyens, L.T., Yin, J. and colleagues have identified a previously underappreciated connection between a liver protein called ABHD6...

In the earliest stages of life, the developing brain is shaped by an intricate biological environment inside the womb. Glucose,...

A new study from Japan is drawing attention to a deceptively simple question with major implications for healthy ageing: does...

High-salt diets are widely recognized as a major risk factor for hypertension, but their effects extend beyond the cardiovascular system....

A plate of food may look like a personal choice, but multiplied across millions of households, it becomes a force...

Obesity may need to be defined less by a person’s metabolic test results and more by whether excess body fat...