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The new generation of obesity medications are inducing greater weight loss than any prior pharmacotherapy. There is discussion now about how to support fat loss while protecting lean mass.“Lean mass ...

The Internet might be a few steps ahead of the current science.

Stop muscle loss after 50 with four daily bodyweight exercises that build strength, balance, and confidence without heavy weights.

Patients aged 45 years or older who lost a large amount of total weight or a disproportionately high share of lean tissue after bariatric surgery faced poorer prognostic outcomes.

If you don’t use it, you lose it. That’s common wisdom, backed up by science, about what happens to aging muscles. And if your goal is to lose weight – whether you have obesity or a few pounds to drop ...

Plus, studies show that a high-protein diet can help with losing fat and gaining muscle at the same time. Research shows that, while in a calorie deficit, consuming more protein than you normally ...

In a new paper published in Clinical Nutrition, "Sarcopenic Diabetes Is an Under-Recognized and Unmet Clinical Priority," ...

Weight loss is the overall drop in weight due to any body component, including fat, muscle, water, and more. While fat loss, as the name implies, refers to losing only excess fat from the body. Fat, ...

Prospective data show holiday weight gain in college students is modest and driven by higher lean mass, not body fat, offering reassurance for clinicians advising young adults.