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Why people gain weight during ageing?

We're likely to gain weight as we age regardless of our diet or exercise levels

09-Sep-2019

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“Lipid turnover” – the rate at which lipids in the fat cells are removed, stored – decrease as we age.

Scientists analysed the fat cells in 54 men and women over an average period of 13 years.

People who didn’t compensate for lipid turnover by eating fewer calories gained weight by an average of 20%.

Study was published in the journal Nature Medicine.

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Kirsty Spalding

Principal Investigator at Karolinska Institutet.

Nature Medicine

Scientific Journal providing information from all areas of medicine

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