A 44-year-old African-American woman visits her family physician for a physical examination at the urging of her husband. She has no current complaints and is taking no medications. She is allergic to erythromycin. She works as a software developer and lives with her 52 -year-old husband and 12-year-old daughter. She is a nonsmoker and drinks an occasional glass of wine when she and her husband go out to dinner. She is involved in no regular exercise. Her mother is 66 and suffers from type II diabetes, hyperlipidemia, and hypertension and had a myocardial infarction last year. The patient's father died of a stroke last year at the age of 72. On examination, the patient's blood pressure is $155 / 100 \mathrm{~mm} \mathrm{Hg}$, pulse 84, weight $215 \mathrm{lb}$ (increased from $180 \mathrm{lb} 3$ years ago), and height $5 \mathrm{ft} .7 \mathrm{in}$. In this patient, during the period of weight gain which one of the following responses would be most likely in her white fat?

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During weight gain, white adipose tissue typically increases the incorporation of fatty acids into triglycerides for storage, leading to an increase in fat mass.

A 44-Year-Old African-American Woman Visits Her Family Physician for a Physical