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A low energy diet reduced their mean apnoea hypopnoea index (AHI) by about 3 times.

EurekAlert, 2009-12-03, Weight loss reduces sleep problems in obese men

If woman who store fat around waist, during middle age, double their risk of dementia, if they don’t die from a heart attack or stroke before the age of 70.

EurekAlert, 2009-11-23, Fat around the middle increases the risk of dementia

Fat that collects in various parts of the body such as around the heart and aorta and within the liver, is linked with an increase in disease. That type of fat is not linked with the body mass index (BMI).

EurekAlert, 2009-11-13, Fat collections linked to decreased heart function

A group of people were placed on an 800 calorie per day diet to loose weight. Then, those people who followed an exercising program involving a 40 minute aerobic workout twice a week for one year, did not regain their visceral fat. Visceral fat is the fat that is around the organs inside of the body. The more of that type of fat a person has, the greater their chance of getting Type 2 diabetes and heart disease.

EurekAlert, 2009-10-28, Exercise keeps dangerous visceral fat away a year after weight loss, finds UAB study

At first, muscles adapt to the extra fat by burning it, but later they get overwhelmed with the fat, and the muscles change their fibre type or size. When those changed muscles worked, they took longer to recover than normal muscles.

EurekAlert, 2009-10-05, High-fat diet impairs muscle health before impacting function

A rat study shows that a high-fat diet during pregnancy produces permanent changes in the offspring’s brain to eat more high fat foods early in life.

EurekAlert, 2008-11-11, Fatty diet during pregnancy makes new cells in fetal brain that cause early onset obesity