Not all fat is created equal—and some can quietly sabotage your health. The real danger isn’t the pinchable subcutaneous fat just under your skin, but visceral fat, which surrounds internal organs.

Does this story sound familiar? You're putting in the effort, eating less than before, saying "no" to that tempting dessert ...

A UC Riverside study to motivate your new year’s resolutions: it demonstrates that high-fat diets affect genes linked not only to obesity, colon cancer and irritable bowels, but also to the immune ...

We’ve all heard eating less sugar helps melt off spare pounds. Yet it often feels too darn hard. So we were excited when we heard a top doctor talking about a new, easy way to cut back on sugar: ...

Here’s how you lose weight: burn more calories. Eat fewer calories. That’s it. You can burn more calories by exercising. You can eat fewer calories by consuming less food. You can lose weight on any ...

Once the clocks have gone back and darkness falls before many of us even leave work, the rhythms of winter can feel heavier — ...

Turning 50 is a great time to start making healthier food choices to support aging. Though no food is completely off-limits, ...

Decide which of these you would find harder to do: Lower your fat intake to 20 percent or less of total calories (the U.S. average is 34 percent of calories from fat). Consume five servings of fruits ...

Dylan Bailey, M.S., R.D., F.A.N.D. Contributor Dylan is a registered dietitian and fellow of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics who works to ensure accuracy in reporting science and research ...