Low levels of a biochemical process involved in fat breakdown predicts weight gain and metabolic complications more than a decade later.

Limiting food intake leads to the conversion of white fat cells into more metabolically active brown fat cells through an immune response, a mouse study shows.

The results of studies on humans and zebrafish suggest how hyperglycemia can cause cognitive deficits.

Researchers unveil the most comprehensive atlas of genes underlying human metabolic pathways, paving the way for improved understanding and treatment of metabolic diseases.

Why eating at the wrong times is tied to such profound and negative effects on our bodies

Circadian time zones and metabolism

Many of the body's tissues can tell time, and these peripheral clocks can be influenced by environmental cues, such as the timing of food consumption.

Certain immune cells keep adipose tissue in check by helping to define normal and abnormal physiological states.

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