Dancing or gym, which is better? A doctor explains both offer unique benefits. While dancing boosts heart health and mood, ...

New research suggests the body may limit how many calories you burn in a workout—helping explain why weight loss is often smaller than expected. Exercise doesn’t always produce the weight loss calorie ...

Fitness trackers like Garmin and Apple Watch are some of the best tools for accountability. They do a great job of gamifying your workouts by giving you metrics like heart rate, running splits, and ...

A class action lawsuit against David, the popular protein bar brand, is accusing the company of undercounting the fat and calories in its products. The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court for ...

Is spending time in a cold environment one of the keys to boosting weight loss? It might help, because your body works harder in colder weather to maintain your internal body temperature, and this may ...

Sherri Gordon, CLC is a certified professional life coach, author, and journalist covering health and wellness, social issues, parenting, and mental health. She also has a certificate of completion ...

OpenMetabolics uses machine learning and a smartphone worn in a pocket to estimate energy expenditure. SEAS researchers have developed OpenMetabolics, an open-source, smartphone-based activity monitor ...

Burn more, weigh less. Sounds simple, right? Not exactly. A new study is challenging conventional wisdom about exercise and weight loss, suggesting your workout may not burn as many calories as you ...

There are so many reasons to pat yourself on the back after getting in a workout, from building strength to doing your mental health a solid. But while many people think of exercise as a great way to ...

Back in 2012, an evolutionary anthropologist named Herman Pontzer published some baffling data from his time among the Hadza, a group of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. Using a sophisticated technique ...

Back in 2012, an evolutionary anthropologist named Herman Pontzer published some baffling data from his time among the Hadza, a group of hunter-gatherers in Tanzania. Using a sophisticated technique ...