The Claim
In adults with obesity at risk of type 2 diabetes, weight loss achieved through dietary interventions results in no measurable change in inflammatory gene expression in adipose tissue, despite reductions in systemic inflammation markers.
What the research says
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When adults with obesity and a risk of type 2 diabetes lose weight by changing their diet, the activity of inflammatory genes in fat tissue does not change, even though markers of inflammation in the blood decrease.
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In adults with obesity at risk of type 2 diabetes, weight loss achieved through dietary interventions does not lead to measurable changes in inflammatory gene expression in adipose tissue, despite reductions in systemic inflammation markers.
When fat tissue loses weight, the immune cells inside it do not change their inflammatory behavior, even though the rest of the body shows less inflammation. The fat cells shrink, but the immune cells stay in the same activated state.
What the research says
1 studyWhen obese people at risk of diabetes lose weight by eating less or fasting, their blood shows less inflammation—but their fat tissue doesn’t show any change in the activity of inflammation-related genes. The study found exactly that.
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