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How eating a full English breakfast will hit your waistline in just three hours

How eating a full English breakfast will hit your waistline in just three hours

By Fiona Macrae

PUBLISHED: 06:35 EST, 13 May 2012 | UPDATED: 02:17 EST, 14 May 2012


It's often dismissed as a  cliche to motivate dieters.

But it appears there may be some truth to the adage ‘a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips’.

Once eaten, fat is stored on the waistline within hours, say scientists â€" far faster than previously thought.

Quick process: An average person can add the equivalent of two to three teaspoons of fat to their waistline in a matter of hours after eating

Quick process: An average person can add the equivalent of two to three teaspoons of fat to their waistline in a matter of hours after eating

In fact, a more accurate saying would be: ‘A moment on the lips, three hours later on the midriff.’

Within just three or four hours of having a meal, up to two or three teaspoons of fat have from the food have been stored there.

Eat again shortly afterwards and the fat stores around the middle will grow and grow.

Those who like to tuck in at dinner should take particular note, because fat from meals eaten later in the day is particularly likely to be stored around the middle.

Exercise is key: Scientists found that fat was stored on the waistline short term but if the person continued to eat excessively and not exercise the same fat would move to the hips, bottom and thighs for long-term storage

Exercise is key: Scientists found that fat was stored on the waistline short term but if the person continued to eat excessively and not exercise the same fat would move to the hips, bottom and thighs for long-term storage

The finding that it is possible to ‘become fat’ within three hours contradicts the widely-held belief that weight gain is gradual.

It had been thought that fat from food was transported from the gut into the blood, where it could be used by the muscles as needed.

Any excess was thought to be slowly removed and stored in the f atty, or adipose, tissue around the waist, hips and legs.

However, the Oxford University research suggests a more complex â€" and rapid â€" process.

In the experiments, volunteers ate fat which could be traced around the body. This was found to take around an hour to be broken down in the gut and then enter the bloodstream as tiny droplets.

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The droplets are then whisked around the body â€" but not for long â€" before they are ‘caught’ and stored. ‘The process is very fast,’ Fredrik Karpe, professor of metabolic medicine, said. ‘The cells in the adipose tissue around the waist catch the fat droplets as the blood carries them and incorporates them into the cells for storage.’

Only a small amount of the fat found in breakfast takes this route. But, by dinner, the amount rises to half. This is due to hormonal changes that occur later in  the day which make it easier for the stores in the waistline to trap passing fat droplets.

In a dinner with 30g of fat, two to three teaspoons of lard will quickly gather around the waist.

The good news is the storage system is temporary, with the fat deposited quickly drawn on, or mobilised, to feed our muscles. But when we overeat, it is a different story, Professor Karpe warns.

‘If you eat too much, you don’t get into this phase of st arting to mobilise it,’ he said. ‘There will just be constant accumulation and you will start to put on weight.’

The finding comes in the wake of a warning that fat which settles  around the middle is particularly harmful and could take years off your life. The European Congress on Obesity heard last week that the secret of a long and healthy life is as simple as keeping your waist circumference measurement to under half that of your height.

Dr Margaret Ashwell, a former government adviser, said that fat that gathers around waistline  produces more dangerous chemicals and is closer to the body’s vital organs than flab on the bottom, hips and thighs.




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A picture of a traditional breakfast. Once again our national meals are under attack. A good fry up, a good fish and chips are always the pictures shown when talking about fat. What about kebabs? Curries? Lasagnes? Chinese Takeaways? - David Thomas, North Wales, 14/5/2012 02:11 ..........The research isn't attacking our traditional meals, in fact it is isn't 'attacking' anything! They were simply researching how the body processes dietary fat. Someone at the DM thinks a traditional cooked breakfast is a high fat meal, so they have shown a picture of one, that's all.

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Wow, more nonsense from 'health' fanatics. Whilst i'm sure this article is true and that the science behind it is accurate, its more finger wagging at specific food groups. Its simple maths - burn more calories than you consume and you will ditch fat. The health industry is worth BILLIONS, so every week there is some new wonder drug/cure/food group that will strip out fat. Strange how fat people are only getting fatter... there is no quick fix. Soemtimes i think fat impairs the brain to function.

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Why do we have very fat, strangely shaped, people now ? Sugar is the problem, everything processed has it in - just take a look. Eat less (sugar) and move more - simple really !

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I never got fat from the kind of breakfast pictured here but eating a lot of bread or drinking soda or beer did me no favors.

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Wilfried, Bochum, Germany, 13/5/2012 22:36 Are totally thick, or just a little bit thick. idiot

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A picture of a traditional breakfast. Once again our national meals are under attack. A good fry up, a good fish and chips are always the pictures shown when talking about fat. What about kebabs? Curries? Lasagnes? Chinese Takeaways?

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Kunchan, Seoul, Korea. You are just sick. If you want to read an English paper respect the fact that eating cats and dogs is just not in our psyche. You would be pulled apart if you went to Britain. We would no more eat them than be cannibals. I now don't want to eat anything at all, I feel quite sick, after reading your comment and yet I'm a vegetarian. Please go away.

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My dietary advice is always the same - portion control and some exercise. Oh, and eat food from all food groups, don't listen to anyone who says you must avoid fats or carbs or fruit or anything else. Everything in moderation, no stuffing yourself, and 30 minutes or so of exercise every day. Do this and you'll stay slim and fit.

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It's Called, Be a Glutton' , then suffer the consequences, Simple!

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Full English and a Sunday roast . Best meals ever . Who cares if there not good for you

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