The Claim
In obese adults undergoing bariatric surgery, sustained weight loss improves liver inflammation and systemic glucose homeostasis, but adipose tissue inflammation and adipocyte insulin resistance persist in approximately 42% of individuals despite significant reductions in adipocyte size and body weight.
What the research says
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After bariatric surgery and sustained weight loss, liver inflammation and blood sugar regulation improve in obese adults, but in about 42% of individuals, inflammation in fat tissue and insulin resistance in fat cells remain unchanged despite smaller fat cells and lower body weight.
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In obese adults undergoing bariatric surgery, sustained weight loss improves liver inflammation and systemic glucose homeostasis, but adipose tissue inflammation and adipocyte insulin resistance persist in approximately 42% of individuals despite significant reductions in adipocyte size and body weight.
After weight loss, fat tissue keeps immune cells that cause inflammation, which blocks insulin from working properly in fat cells, even though the fat cells shrink. The liver and blood sugar improve because inflammation there goes away, but the fat tissue keeps its inflammation and insulin resistance because the immune cells don't leave.
What the research says
1 studyEven after losing a lot of weight from surgery, most people’s livers and blood sugar get better, but about 4 out of 10 still have inflamed fat tissue and fat cells that don’t respond well to insulin — even though the fat cells got smaller.
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