Men tend to burn more energy at rest, but other factors also carry weight ...

IF your goal is to lose weight or reduce body fat, you’ve probably heard the term ‘calorie deficit’. Simply put, a calorie deficit occurs when your body burns more energy (calories) than you consume ...

It’s drilled into our brains that the average diet should be around 2,000 calories per day. It seemed simple enough, right? However, each body is a little bit different. If you’re taller or have a lot ...

It’s drilled into our brains that the average diet should be around 2,000 calories per day. It seemed simple enough, right? However, each body is a little bit different. If you’re taller or have a lot ...

Is the adage “calories in, calories out” true? The short answer is yes, but the full story is more nuanced. From the moment food touches your tongue to the time it leaves your body, your digestive ...

Michael Easter gets this question all the time. Here, he breaks down the formula he uses and why this number has been historically hard to calculate.

While some people endeavor to prevent, hide, or cover up sweating, it's really nothing to be ashamed of and nothing that can (nor should be) stopped. Research shows that humans have between 2 and 4 ...

Young children who retain the ability to digest milk benefit from a big increase in available calories, and this may explain why mutations that allow this spread rapidly in some human populations ...