The newest and much-hyped obesity drugs are, at their core, powerful appetite suppressants. When you eat fewer calories than you burn, the body starts scavenging itself, breaking down fat, of course, ...

January often brings a sense of reset, along with goals of building muscle and losing fat – also known as body recomposition ...

Muscle loss can creep up faster than you think. Whether it’s due to injury, life changes or simply taking a break from working out, the body begins to change almost immediately when you stop using it.

We were shocked. An old acquaintance whom we had not seen for more than five years greeted us at a funeral for a mutual friend. “He is so thin,“ my friend whispered to me as he (let’s call him Bernie) ...