“There is research data showing that being fat and fit — not being an athlete, but having an ability to consume more oxygen during exercise — is clearly associated with a lower risk of developing ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Your jeans are looser than ever, you’re hearing compliments about your buff arms and you’re seeing muscles in new places. But the ...

It’s not the size of your body — it’s how you move it. New research out of the United Kingdom appears to confound conventional wisdom regarding the link between health and weight, with more than a ...

ROCHESTER — How many times have you started a new diet just to abandon it days later? I've done that a ton of times (no pun intended). Despite attempts to shed pounds, many people aren't successful ...

Many health recommendations are centered on weight loss. It’s difficult to study and compare different approaches to health maintenance without clinical trials. Researchers who examined previous ...

You’re not alone if your skinny jeans have gotten too tight. Most Americans are looking to lose fat, some more quickly than others. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. – Some people become less physically active as they get older, which can lead to weight gain and a decline in physical fitness. The Centers for Disease Control and ...

Being slightly overweight might not shorten your life, but being very thin might. A large Danish study tracking more than 85,000 adults has found that people with a BMI below 18.5 were nearly three ...

She was a heavy smoking, alcoholic, obese woman who reached her first breaking point 40 years ago. After DeEtte Sauer’s friend drank himself to death, she woke up to her own alcohol dependency. She ...