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How weight gain changes your whole body

A little nudge: Even just a modest weight gain of about 2.7kg (six pounds) causes bacterial populations in the gut to change and immune responses to shift.

SAN JOSE: Weight gain isn’t just a number on your bathroom scale.

A new Stanford study has found that the entire body undergoes changes for the worse when people pack on the pounds.

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