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When it comes to obesity, the problem isn’t an excess of fat but its loss of function, researchers argue
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When it comes to obesity, the problem isn’t an excess of fat but its loss of function, researchers argue

by Cell Press The hallmarks of adipose tissue dysfunction. Credit: Sakers et al./Cell Obesity is known to cause cardiometabolic diseases like hypertension and diabetes but attributing these diseases to merely an overabundance of fat is a simplification. On a basic level, fat acts as a receptacle to store energy, but upon a closer look it...