Exercising before breakfast may be most healthful choice

In a new study, people with overweight or obesity who worked out before eating breakfast burned more fat and saw overall health benefits.

Restaurant meals can be as bad for your waistline as fast food is

When Americans go out to eat, either at a fast-food outlet or a full-service restaurant, they consume, on average, about 200 more calories a day than when they stay home for meals, a new study reports. They also take in more fat, saturated fat, cholesterol and sodium than those who prepare and eat their meals at home

Human gut microbes alter mouse metabolism, depending on diet

Germ-free mice that received gut bacteria from obese humans put on more weight and accumulated more fat than mice that were given bacteria from the guts of lean humans, according to a new study.