Food turns to fat fast, says study

11:20am Monday 14th May 2012 in Oxford

People can put on weight within three hours of eating fatty foods, say Oxford University experts.

Research into how quickly food turns into body fat puts cooked breakfasts among the worst culprits.

Scientists Fredrik Karpe and Keith Frayn found fatty tissue around the waist is used only for short-term storage for exercising. But if people eat to excess, the fat moves to the hips, buttocks and thighs and builds up over the long term.

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Dilligaf2010 says...
11:59am Mon 14 May 12

Perhaps it's time for McDonald's to install sets of scales just inside the exit door ;)

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slygirl says...
12:20pm Mon 14 May 12

No sh++ Sherlock!!

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slygirl says...
12:23pm Mon 14 May 12

I didn't go to University but I can work out that you eat too much of the wrong foods and you end up FAT!!

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Lady Penelopee says...
10:34am Tue 15 May 12

The episode of Friends, where Joey puts on his stretchy pants for thanks giving dinner...?

It's common knowledge that it makes you fat in hours!

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