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The second type of obesity is depending on size and number of fat cells.
For adult-type, obesity is occur because of the size of fat cells increased while
the number of cells is remained. This always happen mostly in middle-aged
people. Adults who gain or lose weight may do so through changes in the size
of the fat cells, also called adipocytes, that constitute fatty deposits in the
body.During infancy and adolescence, adipose tissue is growing by a
combination of increase in fat cell size (to a lesser extent) and (above all) the
number of these cells. In adults, fat cell number is constant over time in spite of
a large turnover (about 10% of the fat cells per year) when body weight is
stable. A decrease in body weight only changes fat cell size (becoming
smaller), whereas an increase in body weight causes elevation of both fat cell
size and number in adults. An important source of renewal of fat cells during
the entire life span is the bone marrow. This is most apparent in obesity when
∼20% of all fat cells are derived from the bone marrow. For the child-type, the
number of fat cells increased rapidly as we know that child is in their growth
state. Therefore, more fat cells will be produced and it is extremely difficult to
reduce the number of fat cells which are already made. But this doesn’t mean
that fat cells, or adipocytes, are stagnant. The size of individual fat cells is
remarkably variable, expanding and contracting with weight gain or weight loss.
And as with most cell types in the body, adipocytes die eventually.Fat, or
adipose tissue, is found in several places in your body. Generally, fat is found
underneath your skin (subcutaneous fat). There's also some on top of each of
your kidneys. In addition to fat tissue, some fat is stored in the liver, and an
even smaller amount in muscle.
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