Researchers have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.

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Fat tissue may commit weight to memory. For people living with obesity, losing weight can help reduce the risk of health problems such as type 2 diabetes or cardiovascular disease (SN: 2/29/24). But ...

A kind of memory of obesity may be retained by fat tissues even after weight loss, increasing the chance of some people ...

Even after drastic weight loss, the body’s fat cells carry the ‘memory’ of obesity, research 1 shows — a finding that helps ...

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Penny Hardaway isn't looking for his new Memphis basketball team to be the best it can be in October, the seventh-year coach said after Tuesday's 84-76 exhibition loss to North Carolina.