Fat Tissue Insulin Sensitivity and Obesity

In this post, I'll discuss a few more facts pertaining to the idea that elevated insulin promotes the accumulation of fat mass.   Insulin Action on Fat Cells Over the Course of Fat Gain The idea that insulin acts on fat cells to promote obesity requires that insulin suppress fat release in people with more fat (or people who are gaining fat) to a greater extent than in lean people.  As I have written before, this is not the case, and in...

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Wales' Young Ambassadors quiz Sport Wales chief

Wales' Young Ambassadors recently put Sport Wales' Chief Exec Huw Jones in the hot seat. Find out he got on when he was quizzed about sport in Wales...How do you personally feel that London 2012 will reach the local communities of Wales?It would be naive of us to think that just by having the Olympic & Paralympic Games in London that sport is going to develop in all part of the UK.But the challenge...