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    How Exercise Reduces Belly Fat in humans

    December 30, 2018, Categories  Biology/Biotechnology, Health/Medical

    This graphical abstract shows that in abdominally obese people, exercise-mediated loss of visceral adipose tissue mass requires IL-6 receptor signaling.
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    Wedell-Neergaard, Lehrskov, and Christensen, et al. / Cell Metabolism

    Some of you may have made a New Year’s resolution to hit the gym to tackle that annoying belly fat. But have you ever wondered how physical activity produces this desired effect? A signaling molecule called interleukin-6 plays a critical role in this process, researchers report December 27 in the journal Cell Metabolism.

    As expected, a 12-week intervention consisting of bicycle exercise decreased visceral abdominal fat in obese adults...

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