Fat cells outlive skinny ones

Tuesday, February 23, 2016 - 16:11 in Health & Medicine

Cells with higher fat content outlive lean cells, says a new study from Michigan State University. This study has implications for larger organisms, such as humans, as the results support the phenomenon known as the “obesity paradox.” This concept shows that overweight people have the lowest all-cause mortality rates while fit people, oddly enough, have […]

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