The Claim
In mice, adipocyte size normalizes following weight loss, while macrophage infiltration and inflammatory gene expression in visceral adipose tissue remain elevated, indicating a dissociation between adipocyte morphology and tissue inflammation.
What the research says
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After weight loss in mice, fat cells return to normal size, but immune cell presence and inflammation-related gene activity in visceral fat do not decrease.
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In mice, adipocyte size normalizes after weight loss, but macrophage infiltration and inflammatory gene expression in visceral adipose tissue remain elevated, indicating a dissociation between adipocyte morphology and tissue inflammation.
After weight loss, fat cells shrink back to normal size, but immune cells called macrophages that caused inflammation during obesity stay in the fat tissue and keep releasing inflammatory signals. These signals block insulin from working properly in fat cells, and the inflammation does not go away even though the fat cells are smaller. The body does not remove these immune cells after weight loss, so the fat tissue remains inflamed even when the fat cells look normal.
What the research says
1 studyAfter losing weight, fat cells get smaller, but the immune cells that cause swelling and inflammation in fat tissue don’t go away—they stick around. So even if you lose weight, your fat tissue can still be inflamed.
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