Growing up, Allison Jacobs knew her body looked different. “I was always a thicker child, and it was confusing to my parents because I didn’t eat differently,” Jacobs, 41, of Tampa, Florida, tells ...

Grammy Award-winning singer Doja Cat is opening up about her health: In a recently posted TikTok video, the 30-year-old revealed that she thinks the excess fat in her legs, butt, knees and ankles is ...

This underdiagnosed condition, which causes leg pain and swelling, affects one in 10 women, yet most doctors haven’t heard of it The first thing Becca Golden noticed was her pants. Throughout the ...

An estimated one in nine adult women struggle with an abnormal and painful fat buildup in the lower body — and no amount of diet or exercise can help. Lipedema, a relatively common but often ...

"A good first step is just get on it, bend your knees so that you focus the vibration on the lower part of the body." ...

UA researcher Yann Klimentidis received a $115,000 grant for research into lipedema, a condition that causes disproportionate amounts of fat to develop around the hips, legs and thighs. The condition ...

Lipedema is a fat disorder that causes fat to abnormally distribute in areas of the body like the abdomen, buttocks, hips, legs and occasionally the arms. When broken down and translated, the term ...

Debina Bonnerjee's lipedema diagnosis has drawn attention to a condition often mistaken for obesity. Plastic surgeon Dr Anmol ...

A 34-year-old woman presented to a hospital with an excessive accumulation of fat in the subcutaneous tissue of her legs. She said she had a long history of dealing with a "stubborn constitution" and ...

Growing up, Allison Jacobs knew her body looked different. "I was always a thicker child, and it was confusing to my parents because I didn't eat differently," Jacobs ...