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People who live with obesity are "tagging" a memory of being overweight on a key part of the immune system - leaving people with ongoing risk of obesity-related conditions years after losing weight, according to a 10-year-long study led by University of Birmingham, UK. A European research team led by Professor Claudio Mauro from the University of Birmingham has shown that immune cells known as helper T cells (or CD4+ lymphocytes) carry a long memory of obesity. "The findings