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Do fat cells really stay around "forever?"

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  • pgray007
    pgray007 Posts: 47 Member
    So from a practical perspective, how does his affect someone who has lost weight, or don't we yet understand the impacts?
  • senecarr
    senecarr Posts: 5,377 Member
    pgray007 wrote: »
    So from a practical perspective, how does his affect someone who has lost weight, or don't we yet understand the impacts?

    Generally that people who used to weigh more previously will have increased ghrelin production by fat cells for possibly years after any significant (10% is what I think I usually see bandied) weight loss. These means maintaining could involve more hunger unless diet is altered to include more satiating foods to compensate.

    At a more generic level, it confirms what we know - losing weight is hard. As a maintenance researcher has said though "Is losing weight hard? Absolutely? Losing weight is hard. Being obese is hard. Pick your hard."
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