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Your belly fat could be making you hungrier (EurekAlert!)

The extra fat we carry around our middle could be making us hungrier, so we eat more, which in turn leads to even more belly fat. Dr. Yaiping Yang and his colleagues at the Lawson Health Research Institute affiliated with the University of Western Ontario found abdominal fat tissue can reproduce a hormone that stimulates fat cell production. The researchers hope this discovery will change in the ...

published Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:37:30 GMT

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[clancythecamper]

Now this was interesting! Imagine having a blood test to see if you are at risk for obesity before it happens!!!! Of course, the possibility of treating it before a person actually gets obese is an obvious benefit. It also explains why diets fail for so many of us. While diet and exercise are key, it's interesting to note that some individuals seem to be on a never ending cycle where long term weight loss is just a losing/gaining battle! If this research bears out, it's no wonder!