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A certain bacterium has been found in high numbers in the guts of people who are not over weight and in lower numbers in people who are. The bacterium appears to have a role in preventing certain types of obesity.

Several scientific inquiries have sought to find a way to convert undesirable white fat cells into brown fat cells as a means of stimulating weight loss. Some new research may have found the answer.

Research has shown that roundworms can help to combat obesity and also to ameliorate related metabolic disorders associated with being over weight.

Toronto - Fashion Art Toronto (FAT) is an annual multidisciplinary event that takes over various venues across the city to present the latest in alternative fashion, design, visual and performance art, and live music showcases.

Millions of women across the world may soon be jumping for joy over a new way to get that ever so desired chocolate fill without the fat.

A Norwegian economist thinks that people who are overweight should pay more money for their flights than fliers who are skinny.

A recent Cedars-Sinai study suggests that a breath test profile of microorganisms inhabiting the gut may be able to tell doctors how susceptible a person is to developing obesity.

Valeria Levitin is a skeleton with a thin film of skin tightly over her bones. Hundreds of girls worldwide want to look like her, but she would rather be the poster model of how anorexia can disintegrate your body.

Daan Schoeman believes that as a parent he has assassinated his sons' bodies with his family's lifestyle and diet. His son Kevin once weighed 145 kg at age 19.

Mandy Roux, mother of three, lost seventy kilograms of fat. Expecting the heavily publicised happiness that comes with fat loss, the experience instead made her long for the days of her fat body.