ETH Zurich researchers have identified an epigenetic memory in fat cells that drives the yo-yo effect after weight loss.

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Researchers at ETH Zurich have now been able to show that this is all down to epigenetics. Epigenetics is the part of genetics that’s based not on the sequence of genetic building blocks but on small ...

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The findings point toward a reason for the “yo-yo” cycle, in which people repeatedly lose and regain weight, says Ferdinand von Meyenn, an epigeneticist at ETH Zurich. “How can we improve that? How ...

A question of discipline? No, there are probably also physiological reasons. Ferdinand von Meyenn is Assistant Professor of ...