Is That a Vibrating Mouse in Your Pocket or are You Just Trying to Lose Weight?

[Tuckerfan]

Maybe you shouldn’t throw out that belt massager just yet.

Short bursts of low intensity vibration can prevent stem cells from turning into fat cells in young mice, according to a study released Monday.

The findings, while only preliminary, suggest that burning or metabolizing calories by vigorous exercise is not the only way to fend off weight gain – at least in the young.

Mechanical stimulation may prevent fat accumulating in the first place by influencing the development of immature or progenitor cells so that they become muscle or bone cells rather than fat cells.

If the findings can be replicated in humans, it could have implications for the prevention of childhood obesity, the authors said in a paper in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

I now have this vision of teenage girls with those vibrating Harry Potter brooms clenched firmly between their legs and saying, “But mom, I’m trying to lose weight!”

[Gozu_Tashoya]

Heh, I heard about this on NPR this morning. Maybe now I can convince the girlfriend to get the vibrating bed.

[Marlitharn]

I’m trying to picture the applicability of this…a daycare room full of toddlers and preschoolers, all wearing vibrating full-body spandex suits, buzzing and vibrating and blurry around the edges…

[Duckster]

@Tuckerfan

Maybe you shouldn’t throw out that belt massager just yet.I now have this vision of teenage girls with those vibrating Harry Potter brooms clenched firmly between their legs and saying, “But mom, I’m trying to lose weight!”

They can already, if they have a vibrating cell phone and are wearing these —> http ://gizmodo.com/gadgets/unmentionables/call-me-panty-holds-that-vibrating-cellphone-close-to-her-hot-spot-nsfw-311806.php (Link deliberately broken - NSFW)