Fat cells have epigenetics-based memory: Researchers discover mechanism behind weight loss yo-yo effect
Anyone who has ever tried to get rid of a few extra kilos knows the frustration: the weight drops initially, only to be back ...
Science Daily3h
Dieting: Cause of the yo-yo effect deciphered
Researchers have discovered a mechanism behind the yo-yo effect: fat cells have a memory that is based on epigenetics.
El País in English3h
Obesity has memory and retains it in cells
Research in mice describes a molecular mechanism in fatty tissue that predisposes people to regain weight. This finding could help explain the ‘yo-yo effect’ ...
New Scientist3h
We're starting to understand why some people regain weight they lost
Changes to the structure of DNA within fat cells may be why it is often so hard to keep weight off after you have lost it ...
'I Lost 90 Pounds With The CICO Method Of Eating And Walking 8,000 Steps Per Day'
Lunch: A wrap of some kind, some fruit, and a salad or a protein (chicken or fish) with raw veggies and yogurt ranch dip.
technologynetworks5h
Fat Cells Remember Obesity, Driving the Yo-Yo Effect
ETH Zurich researchers have identified an epigenetic memory in fat cells that drives the yo-yo effect after weight loss.
Science News6h
Keeping weight off may be stymied by fat cells’ ‘memory’ of obesity
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 ...
heise online22h
Epigenetics: "Losing weight is still very good"
After the weight loss, another fat sample was taken and we then compared ... These are phenotypic changes that are long-term, ...
Nature22h
Fat cells have a ‘memory’ of obesity — hinting at why it’s hard to keep weight off
Even after drastic weight loss, the body’s fat cells carry the ‘memory’ of obesity, research 1 shows — a finding that helps ...