We want to lose it. We want to burn it. We want to trim it. We want to melt it off. But fat isn’t a catch-all evil waiting to gift us with a few more doughy pounds. Research shows not all fat is ...

Being cold could be the key to losing weight this winter, thanks to a special type of fat. Unlike white fat, which serves as energy reserves for the body, brown fat converts calories into heat when we ...

Cutting a single amino acid from the diet caused rapid, drastic weight loss in mice by converting white fat into calorie-burning brown fat. The study reveals a powerful new mechanism for weight loss ...