Adipose tissue biology has undergone a paradigm shift, revealing this tissue as a highly dynamic and metabolically active organ that is central to both ...

Dr. Ursula White, an associate professor of Clinical Science at Pennington Biomedical Research Center, is taking a deep dive into the lasting health effects of short-term weight gain and weight loss.

Scientists have produced the first detailed characterization of the changes that weight loss (WL) causes in human adipose tissue (AT) by analyzing hundreds of thousands of cells from morbidly obese ...

Formerly considered fat storage, adipose tissue is now recognized as a vital endocrine organ. Dysfunction in the tissue is linked to significant cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. In the study ...

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people develop metabolic diseases of this kind. About a quarter of all obese ...

New research reveals that while losing weight can rejuvenate aging fat tissue, stubborn immune cells keep a “memory” of obesity, offering fresh targets for lasting metabolic health. Study: Selective ...

Dr. Amrita Ghosh explains the difference between muscle loss and fat loss. And if you drop weight too fast, it can destroy ...

Mikael Rydén, professor at the Department of Medicine, Huddinge, Karolinska Institutet, has been awarded a grant of USD 9 ...

The scientific literature already contains robust evidence that obesity, whether maternal or paternal, can lead to metabolic ...