Excess calories are stored as fat within a few hours after being consumed. Once food is consumed, your body either uses calories as energy to fuel your body, or stores these calories in fat cells to be called upon at a later time. Dr. David Katz, reports in O, the Oprah Magazine, that the body begins to store consumed calories as fat within four to eight hours from the beginning of the meal.

Excess calories are stored as fat within a few hours after being consumed. Once food is consumed, your body either uses calories as energy to fuel your body, or stores these calories in fat cells to be called upon at a later time. Dr. David Katz, reports in O, the Oprah Magazine, that the body begins to store consumed calories as fat within four to eight hours from the beginning of the meal.

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