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Have you exercised your body fat lately?

By Gretchen Reynolds

12 Oct 2022 · 4 min read

Editor's Note

Did you know that you can exercise your body fat in order to make it more healthy? This article explains how and what the health benefits are for doing so.

Is your body fat fit?

It could be, if you start or continue exercising, according to rousing new science, which shows that being physically active alters fat at a molecular level in ways that improve the fat’s health, with broad implications for the state of our metabolisms, muscles and even how well our bodies deal with the approaching holiday season of cheery gluttony.

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