Researchers from ETH Zurich and EPFL have discovered a new type of fat cell that suppresses the growth of new fat cells. This opens up new avenues for preventing obesity-related diseases. Obesity is the plague of our times. Some 80 percent of obese people will develop Type 2 diabetes at some point in their lives, and being overweight is also a significant risk factor for cancer and heart attacks. Science has long since recognised that being overweight is not necessarily harmful. In fact, it seems to be important for metabolic health to have many smaller fat cells rather than fewer larger ones. For this reason, researchers around the world are attempting to find ways to stimulate the formation of new fat cells, but so far they have met with little success.
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