Institute for Basic Science researchers document how normal diet establishes immune tolerance conditions in the small intestine.

Study uncovers why our weight loss plateaus after beginning a new exercise program, suggesting our bodies adapt to the higher activity levels – highlighting the importance of diet.

According to an epidemiological study carried out by researchers at the Hospital del Mar Medical Research Institute (IMIM), increasing the money you spend on food is linked to a better quality…

Recently published research elucidates an unexpected connection between a high-fiber diet and maintaining a healthy set of lungs.

Sugar’s sweetness and calorie content combine to give it lethal power to destroy diets, many scientists have assumed.

In the Mediterranean diet, cooking in olive oil is found to increase the phenolic content of vegetables, while cooking generally increases the levels of antioxidants.

Parental support programmes in areas with the greatest needs can have a positive effect on the consumption of unhealthy food and drink and on weight increases in obese children.

Zafgen Inc reported positive data on its obesity drug, which has been marred by two patient deaths, and said the data could help convince the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to allow it to restart trials on the drug. The company’s shares more than doubled on Wednesday on hopes that Zafgen could be allowed to develop its lead experimental drug, beloranib, which has been on clinical hold since December. Zafgen has said beloranib is the first treatment to show significant reduction in both body weight and hyperphagia-related behavior in patients with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS), the most common genetic cause of life-threatening obesity.