fat
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This method assigns average calorie values to each gram of fat, carbohydrates, and protein, then uses those values to calculate the total available energy.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026
One possible explanation is that eliminating fat cells reduces the body's capacity to store fat again.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Unlike fat that accumulates directly beneath the skin, visceral fat lies deep within the abdominal cavity, surrounding organs such as the liver and intestines.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
As the fat layer became thinner, fewer injections were administered.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
But family is family, and I’ll stick with her like a tick on a fat dog.
From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan
They also performed experiments that blocked glucagon or GLP-1 signaling, surgically interrupted the vagus nerves below the diaphragm on both sides, and examined whether different dietary fats produced similar results.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 11, 2026
Trans fats are a type of unsaturated fat.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
Higher blood levels of dairy trans fats were also not associated with a greater risk of developing type 2 diabetes.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 8, 2026
"Conversely, fried fast foods, often high in unhealthy fats, trans fats, and advanced glycation end-products, may contribute to inflammation and vascular damage," they add.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026
“Like your fats and oils boss help you?”
From "Typical American" by Gish Jen
Campbell says they "played around" with how much the ball was blown up, adding: "In previous weeks it was actually a bit fatter, and then this week it definitely feels smaller."
From BBC ● Sep. 7, 2026
I never became “unrecognizable,” and I spent more time than I’d like to admit looking at myself in the mirror and comparing what I saw to photos of the younger, fatter version of myself.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
Investors zeroed in on United’s potentially fatter jet-fuel bill — the airline said it expects nearly $6 billion in additional fuel expenses for the year, based on crude prices as of Tuesday.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 15, 2026
Shares climbed 8.4% in morning trading after the Frankfurt-listed academic publisher said it expects further sales growth and a fatter profit margin this year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 17, 2026
This girl, who had watched her father getting fatter and fatter, began to wonder how it was that a man could grow fat if he never ate.
From "The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa" by Alexander Mccall Smith
Though at least he wasn’t mindlessly competing with the lab next door for the fattest IPO.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
“It’s the early Christian that gets the fattest lion.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 24, 2026
Now with chemo side effects, “I’m gonna end up looking like the Last Airbender. Or the fattest Air Gender Bender.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 15, 2025
“America has now become the fattest nation in the world. Congratulations,” a voice narrates.
From New York Times ● May 12, 2024
Finally, the biggest, fattest caterpillars began to nod their heads slowly from side to side, covering themselves in a web of silk.
From "The Girl Who Drew Butterflies: How Maria Merian's Art Changed Science" by Joyce Sidman
Finally, with the infrastructure in place and the new money flowing, the Dodgers then opened their fatted wallet for the players that created the championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 4, 2024
“If you have a fatted goose, it’s not going to walk well,” he says.
From Slate ● Sep. 20, 2015
After expending hundreds of angry words, he noted that he is one of 32 terrifically rich owners and everyone loves a fatted calf.
From New York Times ● May 6, 2015
Feasting on the fatted calf of divine grace, every day was thanksgiving.
From Time ● Feb. 13, 2015
Grace’s hands are fists, her fatted chin is trembling, her eyes are pink and watery, like a laboratory rabbit’s.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
"I had three weeks off after the US Open and you probably saw a little bit on Thursday I was fatting a few shots," said Hatton.
From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2023
Even when steep swingers hit it solid, they take deep divots—they're always on the verge of fatting it.
From Golf Digest ● Mar. 13, 2017
He is nearly always killing pigs; sometimes beating the oak for them; with Spenser, fatting them.
From The Stones of Venice, Volume II (of 3), by John Ruskin
As they reached the mud-walled village of Giangounta, one of the fatting pigs, which were to be given to King Dacha, became too fat to carry.
From The Journal of Negro History, Volume 7, 1922 by Various
Some corn and some raw Swedish turnips, or carrots, or white cabbages, or lettuces, make the best fatting.
From Cottage Economy To Which Is Added The Poor Man's Friend by William Cobbett
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