While fat can be found throughout the body, past studies show one of the most potentially harmful areas to have fat accumulation is within the abdominal area. Now a new study recently presented at the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. For decades, it was widely accepted that neurons relied exclusively on glucose to fuel their functions in the brain. This is not ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Neurons and support cells illustration A new study suggests fat deposits in the brain may play a larger role in Alzheimer's ...

Hidden fat wrapped around the organs in your abdomen is emerging as one of the most important, and overlooked, predictors of how quickly your brain ages. Instead of sitting harmlessly under the skin, ...

Researchers examined over a thousand healthy adults using body and brain MRI. This approach allows for quantifying muscle mass and different types of fat, while estimating the biological age of the ...

Body fat rarely stays in one place. A new imaging study suggests that the spots where fat settles can line up with changes in your brain. Researchers at The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical ...

LOS ANGELES -- You may be what you eat, but new research finds your diet and lifestyle may affect how you think. A new study confirms a link between body fat and brain volume. And who this affects the ...

I concluded the first part of this series on dietary fat by suggesting that everyone in recovery from anorexia should eat more of it. Why? The first piece of the puzzle is the frequently observed ...

What’s behind the study: Dementia cases are rising worldwide, and with no cure available, researchers are looking closely at everyday lifestyle factors—like diet—that might lower risk. Dairy foods ...

How do we learn to avoid bad food? Researchers found that fat cells signal the brain using dopamine to trigger "conditioned taste aversion" in fruit flies.