Reducing energy efficiency boosts calorie burning in muscle

Friday, February 20, 2015 - 11:30 in Health & Medicine

A targeted approach that overrides muscles' intrinsic energy efficiency and allows muscle to burn more energy, even during low to moderate exercise, has been developed by scientists. The new findings might provide the basis of a therapy that could help people get a head start on losing weight by helping to overcome the body's natural resistance to weight loss.

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