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"Our findings suggest a diet rich in vegetables, nuts and healthy fats may help prevent chronic constipation in middle- and older-age adults," said Staller.

Our fat cells, known as adipocytes, do far more than store extra body weight.

Just don’t expect them to get big or fat anytime soon.

Practically everyone on Earth knows some version of this story already, and there would be nothing lost trimming the fat of the second act to fit this tale into a single film.

Start with the adorably strange tardigrades, or “moss piglets,” with their chubby bodies and eight fat legs.