Fructose Consumption Increases Visceral Fat, Study Reports

Fructose consumption may increase cardiovascular risk factors because it increases visceral fat, the kind that accumulates around internal organs.

Heart Hormone Linked to Calorie-Burning Brown Fat

You may have heard about brown fat — a unique type of fat that acts like a furnace in the body to burn calories instead of storing them as excess weight.

New Non-Invasive Fat Removal Technologies Offer Alternative to Liposuction for Removing Stubborn Fat

Dermatologists are finding that the introduction of non-invasive fat removal technologies is opening the door for more people who are not candidates for liposuction to remove stubborn fat, safely and effectively.

Fitness and "fatness" both matter to the heart

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Losing fitness or packing on fat with age each can be bad for the heart — but avoiding either one of those fates may protect the ticker, a study published Monday suggests. U.S. researchers found that of more than 3,100 healthy adults they followed, those who improved — or simply maintained — their fitness levels were less likely to develop high blood pressure, high …

'The Fat Boy Chronicles' addresses effects of bullying

"The fat Boy Chronicles" is inspired by a true story and focuses on the struggles of Jimmy Winterpock, a self-proclaimed…

Seven Foods to Fire Up Your Metabolism, Burn Fat and Improve Athletic Performance

While there's no such thing as a magic potion that will enable you to burn fat and lose weight, by eating certain foods combined with a balanced diet and exercise program, you can burn fat quicker which will lead to improved athletic performance.

Colo. lawmakers consider trans-fat ban in schools

The nation's leanest state is taking aim at junk food in school cafeterias as it considers the nation's toughest school trans-fat ban.A Colorado House committee was scheduled to hear a bill Thursday to …

Colorado mulls toughest trans-fat ban in country

Ban would apply to all food served in Colorado schools, including vending machines and bake sales

The Truth About Fat Women and Self-Control

If the choice between being fat and thin were a simple, conscious decision, most of us would likely be slender. Nevertheless, new research suggests that the discrimination and prejudice faced by overweight people, especially women, are driven by the preconceived notion that body fat is somehow optional.

Calories count, but not where they come from: study

NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – Sticking to diets with strict proportions of fat, carbs and protein may not be more effective for people who want to lose weight and fat mass than simply cutting back on calories, according to a new comparison of four diets. The results suggest that it doesn't matter where the calories come from, as long as dieters reduce them. "If you're happier doing it low fat, or …

Calories count, but source doesn't matter: study

(Reuters) – People trying to lose weight may swear by specific diet plans calling for strict proportions of fat, carbs and protein, but where the calories come from may not matter as much as simply cutting back on them, according to a study. Researchers whose results were published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition found there were no differences in weight loss or the reduction of …

Fat Smitty's restaurant owner donates 10,000 dollar bills to charity

Carl 'fat Smitty' Schmidt struggled over his decision to remove the thousands of dollar bills that have slowly accumulated in his Discovery Bay, Washington, restaurant.

Karoun Dairies' Yanni Grilling Cheese the Lower Fat, High Protein Taste Sensation

TURLOCK, Calif., Jan. 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Research has been touting the benefits of high protein, low-fat diets for nearly a decade. According to a 2004 study done by the American Society of Nutritional …

Brown Fat Furnishes Physiological Furnace

Men with more brown fat burn more calories in the cold to keep warm. Katherine Harmon reports

Brown fat gives weight to dieters' hopes

fat people have less of it than thin people. Older people have less than younger people.

Brown Fat: New Hope for a New Way to Lose Weight

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Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds

In separate studies, researchers have determined that in cold conditions, people’s calorie-gobbling brown fat uses ordinary fat as fuel — and that exercise may convert ordinary fat to brown fat.

Why Brown Fat Is No Obesity Cure… Yet

If you were asked to envision a dream solution for the obesity epidemic, you couldn’t do much better than the concept of calorie-burning fat — in other words, “good” fat in the body that essentially burns calories. So it may come as little surprise that…

Burning brown fat to be slimmer has a hitch

Men burn brown fat for energy only when they're chilled, researchers have found.

Brown Fat Burns Ordinary Fat, Study Finds

In separate studies, researchers have determined that in cold conditions, people’s calorie-gobbling brown fat uses ordinary fat as fuel — and that exercise may convert ordinary fat to brown fat.

Brown fat burns calories in adult humans

Brown fat burns calories to generate body heat in rodents and newborn humans. Recently, adult humans have also been found to possess brown fat, leading to the suggestion that increasing the amount of brown fat a person has will make them slimmer. However, it has never been shown definitively that adult human brown fat burns energy. But now, researchers in Canada have provided this evidence.

Fat is not the enemy, say Harvard experts

A group of Harvard scientists has waged war against the low-fat diet myth, singling out the muffin as its first target.

Why eating fat doesn’t make you fat

It’s time to let go of your fear of fat.  Just like cholesterol, there are both good and bad types of fat, and including the right types of fat into your diet is a key player in overall health and wellbeing.  fat is an essential nutrient, and our bodies need it to function

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Your Taste for Fat May Reside in Your Genes

Title: Your Taste for fat May Reside in Your Genes Category: Health News Created: 1/16/2012 2:05:00 PM Last Editorial Review: 1/17/2012

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