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Study suggests fat cell 'memories' leads to yo-yo dieting

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Researchers looked for molecular causes of the yo-yo effect in mice and noticed genetic changes to the rodents’ fat cells.

Researchers looked at fat tissue in humans who had the same epigenetic — how cells control gene activity without changing the DNA sequence — markers in the nucleus.

“The fat cells remember the overweight state and can return to this state more easily,” says Ferdinand von Meyenn .

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