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    Nov 13, 2019 6 minutes
    TEXT AMY PREBBLE, ERIN FISHER

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    Struggling to manage your weight as you get older? New research from Sweden, published in the journal Nature Medicine, has uncovered why that might be. During ageing, lipid turnover in fat tissue decreases, making it easier to gain weight. Over a period of 13 years, scientists analysed the fat cells in 54 men and women. Across that time, the cells of every subject showed decreases in lipid turnover, meaning the rate at which fat is removed or stored. Everyone who didn’t lower their calorie intake gained weight by an average of 20 percent. Professor Peter Arner says that these results indicate that processes in our fat tissue regulate body weight changes in a way that is independent of other lifestyle factors. That’s all the more reason to stay active!

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