I wondered about that as well. You'd have to have fat to begin with in order to undergo lipolysis. It makes sense that preventing the breakdown of fat into fatty acids would keep fat from being formed, but it's kinda like saying that to keep fat from being made, you shouldn't be breaking down existing fat stores into fatty acids so that they won't be available to be made back into fats.In the article it's mentioned that substances that block excess lipolysis help reduce fat by reducing fat accumulation in the liver and rest of the body.
How does this work exactly? I would've thought that anything that increases lipolysis automatically reduces fat.