A report backed by Harvard University reveals that the body uses a surprising amount of energy to keep functioning, ...

A boundary is emerging for the most seasoned endurance athletes. Beyond apparent performances and records, their bodies seem ...

Elite athletes can push their bodies to the very limit, but even they can't surpass the boundaries of human nature, according ...

A study tested the extreme limits of calorie-burning and challenged a popular theory that people can burn up to 10 times ...

Your metabolism is affected by lifestyle, your gut biome and even muscle mass. Age does have an impact, but not in the way ...

A common belief is that a slowing metabolism is solely responsible for weight gain in middle age and beyond. However, that is ...

OBJECTIVE: To-examine the interrelationship of circulating leptin concentrations, basal metabolic rates (BMR) and respiratory quotients (RQ) in young and older adults. DESIGN: Cross sectional study.

Even the most elite endurance athletes can’t outrun biology. A new study finds that humans hit a metabolic ceiling at about 2.5 times their resting energy burn. When ultra-runners take on races that ...

Achieving and maintaining a healthy weight is a lifelong process. Children tend to be so physically active and grow at such a ...

A 2019 Science Advances study by Duke University’s Herman Pontzer reveals pregnancy as the ultimate endurance feat, demanding ...

Dong-A ST and its affiliate Metavia announced on the 5th that they presented the results of the global Phase 1 clinical trial and new preclinical ...