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High intake of diets rich in meat fats may increase the risk of developing cardiovascular disease in elderly people.

High intakes of whole grains and dietary fibers may confer significant protection against the development of cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and obesity.

"It's not nice to fool Mother Nature," said the Chiffon margarine commercial of the 1970s. According to Chiffon, it was possible to "fool Mother Nature," but if we did it — said the commercial — we would suffer the consequences. Today, we know that margarine is definitely not the health food we all thought it...

"The single biggest disqualifier is obesity," says the general in charge of the U.S. Army Recruiting Command. Ten percent of eligible young people ages 17-24 applying to fight for our country are too obese or otherwise unfit to join the military. In an interview with CNN, Maj. General Allen Batschelet points out that while there...

Half of the adults living in America who consume the rich Western diet have permanently stretched the diaphragm that separates the abdominal cavity from the thoracic cavity. Many patients are unaware that they have stretched their diaphragm; some experience symtoms when others do not. This condition is commonly seen in adults over the age of...

Eating large quantities of pulses may lower the cancer, obesity, diabetes, and heart disease risk.

Obesity and insulin resistance may promote the development of atherosclerosis and endothelial dysfunction.

Free fatty acids are associated with insulin resistance and lipid accumulation in skeletal muscles.

High dietary fat consumption may increase the risk of weight gain and obesity.

Vegetarian diets are associated with low body mass index and obesity risk.

Obesity is associated with male infertlity.

Obese and overweight men may have greater risk of developing azoospermia and oligozoospermia.