Fat cell numbers 'set for life'
- added May 4, 2008
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No amount of dieting will alter the number of fat-hoarding cells in our bodies, research has suggested.
Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden say that the number is set during adolescence and stays the same, regardless of obesity later in life.
The journal Nature reports how they tested patients who lost huge amounts of weight, and found little change in fat cell numbers.
A UK expert said eating and exercising remained key for keeping healthy.
Scientists at the Karolinska Institute in Sweden say that the number is set during adolescence and stays the same, regardless of obesity later in life.
The journal Nature reports how they tested patients who lost huge amounts of weight, and found little change in fat cell numbers.
A UK expert said eating and exercising remained key for keeping healthy.
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- katevalentine
- 5 months ago
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what a lovely photo...
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This information has been around for decades. Both fat and muscle cells do not multiply, they only grow or deteriorate.
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- Varex_Sythe
- 5 months ago
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That's why you get lypo and suck out the fat cells. Fat cells reduced!!!
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Extremely disconcerting... I'm bummed...
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This may be true, but how much you exercise and how healthily you eat affects how MUCH fat these cells store. Otherwise we would all keep our teenage bodies forever!
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who ate all the algebraic pi's??
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