Going without food for several days changes much more than body weight. A study published in Nature Metabolism found that ...

Environmental activist and education reformer Sonam Wangchuk has lost 8.2 kg in just 18 days of his ongoing hunger strike, sparking concerns over the toll prolonged fasting can take on the human body.

Prolonged fasting — abstaining from energy intake for four or more consecutive days — is used by some as a health intervention; however, the biological effects of this kind of fasting are not well ...