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Participants who lifted weights first experienced significantly greater reductions in overall body fat and visceral fat—the type of fat most strongly linked to cardiovascular disease risk.

They had more good cholesterol; lower levels of leptin, leading to less hunger; and less harmful visceral fat. "These are deep metabolic shifts with real cardiometabolic consequences," said ...