We’ve all been there – crying our eyes out during a sad movie or after a tough day, wondering if all those tears are at least burning a few calories. Well, it turns out they actually do! I’ve ...

We people in the wealthier countries are getting fatter. In the USA, about two-thirds of the population are overweight, and about one-fifth are obese. This has been happening despite an enormous ...

Okay, I’ll be honest – when my neighbor told me bouncing on a trampoline could burn as many calories as running, I thought she was nuts. But then I dug into the research and tried it myself, and wow… ...

Decades of research has shown that limits on calorie intake by flies, worms, and mice can enhance life span in laboratory conditions. But whether such calorie restriction can do the same for humans ...

Calorie restriction improves metabolic and immune responses that help determine both how long a person lives and how many years of good health they enjoy, a new study shows. Calorie restriction ...

Spanning 23 years, the research found monkeys that ate fewer calories than non-dieting counterparts were healthier but did not live any longer. Rhesus monkeys are a preferred choice for lab study, as ...

My teenage daughter and her friends were recently talking about 'negative calories'. They were curious about the story that eating and digesting celery chewed up more energy than was in the celery.

Science Gallery Bengaluru’s ‘Calorie: The Breakdown’ exhibition-season explores humanity’s intimate yet fraught relationship with food. In year-long programming, there will be workshops, talks, film ...

In recent years, nutrition has become the focus of renewed attention in medical education. Advocates argue that physicians receive too little formal training about diet and that more comprehensive nu ...