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Discover why fat is important to our bodies, how and why it is stored - and why getting rid of excess body fat is so much more difficult than gaining it in the first place.Key facts
- Fat is stored by the body when you take in more energy than you burn off.
- You can’t reduce the number of fat cells that you have in your body.
- A healthy diet and exercise are key to maintaining a healthy weight.
- The body uses stored fat cells, which contain oil, to burn when it is in need of energy.
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If you take in more energy than you burn off, your body stores the excess as fat.
But what exactly is fat – and why is it so much easier to gain it, than lose it?
Dr Philipp Scherer, University of Texas, Southwestern – "So what you're looking at here is a ...
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