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by ansible 1263 days ago
I suppose the concern goes something like this. Under certain metabolic conditions, each fat cell (in a region) decides it needs to be size X, and grows / shrinks accordingly. And under other conditions, each fat cell (in the same region) decides it needs to be size X*3.

If there are more fat cells, then and they all decide to increase in size, then that could be a substantial weight gain, beyond what would be expected otherwise.