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pack on pounds

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Alternative form of pack on the pounds

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But studies suggest that youngsters may be most likely to pack on pounds when they are home for summer vacation.

That is, even active people will pack on pounds if they eat like most of us in the West.

As people pack on pounds or shed excess weight, they exhibit notable changes in their microbiome, cardiovascular system, immune system and levels of gene expression, the study found.

It also raises interesting questions about whether a sedentary lifestyle could cause us to pack on pounds in part by discombobulating our sensitive bones.

Usually she is a size 2 and loves to run or hike every day, but in London she went on a nutritionist-guided diet to pack on pounds and was forbidden to exercise.

Last year, researchers identified a variation in a gene in Labrador retrievers, which tend to pack on pounds, that drives overeating; whether it's present in other breeds is not yet known — and even if it is, Breuninger said, it wouldn't give owners an excuse not to manage a pet's weight.

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Why it packs on pounds: Because virtually no one makes good choices when they're famished.

Have you packed on pounds since your 20s? Here's one case where weight loss is not good.

I'd definitely pack on a few extra pounds.

She had also been packing on pounds, gaining weight that seemed impossible to lose.

The challenge is that most algae fatten up only when their nutrient supply disappears, much like bears do when packing on pounds for the winter.

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