Excessive belly fat, or visceral fat, poses significant health risks by promoting inflammation and disrupting insulin, blood pressure, and cholesterol levels, warns Dr. Rahul Mehrotra. This increases ...

Tribune News NetworkDohaSidra Medicine, a member of Qatar Foundation, has contributed to a major international research study published in Nature Metabolism, titled ‘Towards a consensus atlas of human ...

Pervasive presence of microplastics in the environment adversely affects plants, animals, and humans. But what is ...

Obesity, defined by a BMI over 30, significantly impacts dermatological health due to excess adipose tissue's endocrine ...

Obesity plays a crucial role in how severely blood vessels are damaged – and this depends on where excessive fat accumulates in the body. This is the finding of a research team from the German Centre ...

In medically indicated weight loss, attention is typically focused on the associated health benefits. However, recent ...

Excess epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) has been associated with cardiovascular diseases such as atrial fibrillation, coronary artery disease, and heart failure. The metabolomic signature of EAT is not ...

A study by the University of Barcelona has identified, for the first time, a molecule that represses the activity of brown adipose tissue. The paper opens new paths to understand why and how the ...

The study describes the repressor activity of the ACBP protein on brown adipose tissue, responsible for burning calories and producing body heat.

Credit: Molecular Metabolism (2025). DOI: 10.1016/j.molmet.2025.102153 Obesity, diabetes and cardiovascular diseases are increasingly present in the population.