3 There is emerging evidence suggesting that a moderate to high cardiorespiratory fitness might counteract the negative consequences of obesity on many other health outcomes, especially in certain ...

A Lancet study reveals that global obesity rates have doubled since 1990, with over 2 billion people now overweight or obese. More than half of them reside in just eight countries, including India and ...

Even moderate amounts of fitness can have major impacts. Given this information, researchers wondered whether the protective effects of being fit might extend to those who were overweight.

Image credit: Michal Fludra/NurPhoto/Getty Images. An hour of moderate-intensity exercise reduced sensations of hunger in people with overweight and obesity in a new study. The authors of the ...

An hour of moderate-intensity exercise reduced sensations of hunger in people with overweight and obesity in a new study. The authors of the study attribute the reduction in hunger to an ...

Japanese researchers have found that visceral fat, produced by belly fat, may play an important role in maintaining brain ...

The authors conclude that moderate exercise does not cause muscle damage and is a safe and effective way to produce a long-term increase in fitness in patients with BMD.