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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

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Your BMI can't tell you much about your health – here's what can

People classed as “overweight” according to BMI can be perfectly healthy. But there are better measures of fat, and physicians are finally using them

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The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing

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The secret signals our organs send to repair tissues and slow ageing

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Body fat supports your health in surprisingly complex ways

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Where you store fat may influence the effect it has on your brain

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In some parts of the world artificial trans fats are added to products like pastries to extend their shelf life at a low cost, but they have been linked to heart disease

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Denmark's ban of artificial trans fats saved 1200 lives over 16 years

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Low-carb diets seem to involve more calories than low-fat diets

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Fat stores in our cells also hold immune proteins to fight infections

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Body fat transformed by CRISPR gene editing helps mice keep weight off

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Body fat transformed by CRISPR gene editing helps mice keep weight off

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microscope image of bone fat cells

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Strange fat cells in our bones grow rather than shrink when we starve

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Fatbergs: Everything you wanted to know but were too disgusted to ask

Huge lumps of fat and waste keep appearing in sewers, particularly in the UK – are fatbergs really on the rise, or are we just paying more attention?

Insight

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Fasting power: Can going without food really make you healthier?

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Life

Don't Miss: missing green, a doomed sub, and a giant fatberg

Culture

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Can a low-carb diet really help shed weight and reverse diabetes?

Analysis

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Eating a low-carb diet may shorten your life – unless you go vegan too

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