The calcium made a big difference. Mice that didn't get any calcium had an 8% loss of body fat. Mice getting calcium supplements had a 42% decrease in body fat. But calcium from dairy products ...

One study found that healthy postmenopausal women lost 3.9% of body fat after 30 weeks of walking and 1.8% after 15 weeks of walking. While we can't target specific areas, walking can help lose ...

According to the official policy, any recruit who sought to join the Army was supposed to be, at most, only 8% above body fat requirements to enlist before training to comply with military standards.

Dogs carrying the genetic variant most associated with obesity, DENND1B, had around 8% more body fat than those without it.

The fitness track of the preparatory course allows applicants who are as much as 8% above Army body fat standards to enlist. The normal Army standard is up to 26% body fat for men and 36% for women.

Learn more about a gene called DENND1B, an obesity gene humans and Labrador retrievers share.

This insatiable appetite is a quirk of the Labrador breed, encoded in their genes. It’s one of the reasons why labs are particularly prone to obesity. And according to a new study at the University of ...