Réven Smalls Widener is a former behavioral health professional with 3 years of experience educating and supporting patients dealing with chronic pain. As an intern then a psychometrist and counseling ...

Fat loss improves metabolism and heart health, reducing the risk of chronic conditions. Muscle tissue burns more calories than fat tissue, boosting metabolism even at rest. Lowering body fat, ...

To lose fat without losing muscle, it can help to maintain a calorie deficit of about 500 to 750 calories daily to help lose around 2 pounds (lbs) weekly, and avoid very low calorie diets. This is ...

Upper belly fat can be difficult to reduce, but you can’t “spot-reduce” fat in one area without losing fat overall. A realistic plan combines calorie restriction, strength training, cardio, and ...

This manuscript from Choquette and colleagues finds that sclerostin gene expression is up-regulated in bone by β3-adrenergic signaling via an adipose to bone relay and acts as an endocrine factor to ...