cyclops
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Just watched a (rather depressing) video that stated that new fat cells are much more easily made as a child and once you have them they can never die, only shrink. So people who became fat or obese as children will have a much harder time losing fat as an adult.
Adults can still create new fat cells but it is much harder to, so if they were lean as children they will have an easier time staying lean.
I've heard this before, but as with many things, sometimes what you hear isn't true. Maybe you can kill fat cells as an adult? Or maybe its not that big of a deal to have many more fat cells? Or maybe the studies are flawed or the concept is overly simplistic?
Wondering what the implications of this are, especially for an adult who was obese as a child, but now takes health very seriously and follows a Peat way of eating. How screwed are adults who became very fat as children?
Adults can still create new fat cells but it is much harder to, so if they were lean as children they will have an easier time staying lean.
I've heard this before, but as with many things, sometimes what you hear isn't true. Maybe you can kill fat cells as an adult? Or maybe its not that big of a deal to have many more fat cells? Or maybe the studies are flawed or the concept is overly simplistic?
Wondering what the implications of this are, especially for an adult who was obese as a child, but now takes health very seriously and follows a Peat way of eating. How screwed are adults who became very fat as children?
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