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M Ashwell

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PubMed1976

Human fat cell sizing--a quick, simple method.

Two methods were used to determine the mean cell diameters of 37 samples of human adipose tissue, obtained by open or needle biopsy. Method I was the sizing of cells in cell suspensions and Method II was a quick, simple method of sizing cells from fixed sections. The agreement between the two methods was good (r = 0.93, P = less than 0.001). The results using Method II were slightly lower than those using Method I, and a correction factor is suggested. Method II has several advantages over Method I and we propose that it is a suitable method for sizing cells when a quick method with a permanent record is required.

Adipose Tissue↗
PubMed1975

The relationship of the age of onset of obesity to the success of its treatment in the adult.

1. A survey was done of 2333 men and women who claimed experience of slimming. 2. Their loss of weight was determined from their maximum stated weight and their present weight. The loss of weight was calculated as the percentage of the maximum weight and was related to the stated age of onset of obesity. 3. The results showed that those people in the survey who had been fat since childhood had lost just as much weight as those people who had become fat as adults. 4. These results suggest that the treatment of early-onset obesity may not be an unrealistic objective.

Adult↗