Fall cells are UGLY! And, does anyone know...

shorerider

The Washington Post ran an article in today's paper about how obesity is becoming a national problem among children. What caught my eye was an interactive page about how obesity impacts different body organs. In that article, and sorry I couldn't cut-and-paste quotes because it was Java--it talked about fat cells.

A fat cell is about the size of a coffee cup. It is like a little plastic bag that holds fat inside. It said that the number of fat cells in our bodies is determined by late adolescence. However, being obese as a child can create more fat cells in our bodies. The fat cells increase and decrease in size depending on how much fat they hold. But the number of fat cells never decrease in number.

So while an overweight child can become lean, they can NEVER lose the number of fat cells in their body NO MATTER HOW MUCH WEIGHT IS LOST.

That last made me think--

First, no wonder it's so hard to lose weight once you become overweight because you've got more fat cells than other people now, and they're just waiting to grab fat and grow again!

And two--this one is for anyone how has some medical knowledge or otherwise who might know the answer. I'm going to see if my doctor does the next time I see her, too.

Two, the fat cells never go away, so does that mean then that once you're overweight, you can only get so lean again because the fat cells are there and never getting but so small. Will they inhibit the growth of lean tissue and muscle then?

here's the link to the page if you wish to see it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/childhoodobesity/obesityeffects.html?hpid=topnews

shorerider

The Washington Post ran an article in today's paper about how obesity is becoming a national problem among children. What caught my eye was an interactive page about how obesity impacts different body organs. In that article, and sorry I couldn't cut-and-paste quotes because it was Java--it talked about fat cells.

A fat cell is about the size of a coffee cup. It is like a little plastic bag that holds fat inside. It said that the number of fat cells in our bodies is determined by late adolescence. However, being obese as a child can create more fat cells in our bodies. The fat cells increase and decrease in size depending on how much fat they hold. But the number of fat cells never decrease in number.

So while an overweight child can become lean, they can NEVER lose the number of fat cells in their body NO MATTER HOW MUCH WEIGHT IS LOST.

That last made me think--

First, no wonder it's so hard to lose weight once you become overweight because you've got more fat cells than other people now, and they're just waiting to grab fat and grow again!

And two--this one is for anyone how has some medical knowledge or otherwise who might know the answer. I'm going to see if my doctor does the next time I see her, too.

Two, the fat cells never go away, so does that mean then that once you're overweight, you can only get so lean again because the fat cells are there and never getting but so small. Will they inhibit the growth of lean tissue and muscle then?

here's the link to the page if you wish to see it.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/health/childhoodobesity/obesityeffects.html?hpid=topnews