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Fighting the flab

New research by scientists investigating how our bodies store and convert fat into energy has begun to raise hopes for a new weapon in the fight against fat

Imagine we could lose weight by simply taking a drug. No strict exercise regimes, no fad diets. We could gorge on our favourite foods without having to worry about our waistlines. It could also help us to tackle the substantial obesity and diabetes problems that face us today (see pp. 27–31).

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