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Can carbs be transformed into fat in the body if you sit around after eating?

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Dr. Heidi Fowler answered

Specializes in Psychiatry

Yes: Excess calories are converted into fat which the body stores.

Dr Placik and another doctor agreed

Answered 4/21/2013

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