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**boiffrona** · 07-30-2012, 12:49 AM

a long time ago I read that we are born with a certain amount / number of fat cells, but thatIF in infancy we are overfed on certain foods, that number can be increased FOR LIFE.

It was explained as a complicating factor in subsequent obesity.
I wonder if that is sill thought to be true and if so, if there is any connection with the distinction between types of fat cells as suggested in this OP?

Good question jj.

Further from the article.

" And that's why the race is on to find out more about brown adipose tissue, also known as brown fat, and how humans could use it to our advantage. "

07-30-2012, 12:49 AM	#13
boiffrona Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 606 Senior Member	a long time ago I read that we are born with a certain amount / number of fat cells, but thatIF in infancy we are overfed on certain foods, that number can be increased FOR LIFE. It was explained as a complicating factor in subsequent obesity. I wonder if that is sill thought to be true and if so, if there is any connection with the distinction between types of fat cells as suggested in this OP? Good question jj. Further from the article. " And that's why the race is on to find out more about brown adipose tissue, also known as brown fat, and how humans could use it to our advantage. "
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