Jan 25, 2012 · In separate studies, researchers have determined that in cold conditions, people’s calorie-gobbling brown fat uses ordinary fat as fuel — and that exercise may convert ordinary fat to brown fat.

Researchers have uncovered a type of body fat, dubbed brown fat, that appears to burn regular fat.

1. Introduction. Obesity is a contributor to the major causes of global disease burden, including cardiovascular diseases, cancer and diabetes .Both genetic and environmental factors are implicated in obesity: family and twin studies estimate the genetic contribution between 45% to 75% and genome wide association studies (GWAS) implicating loci

In biology, adipose tissue, body fat, or simply fat is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes. In addition to adipocytes, adipose tissue contains the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) of cells including preadipocytes, fibroblasts, vascular endothelial cells and a variety of immune cells such as adipose tissue macrophages.

Obesity results from an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. 1,2 The adipose-tissue pool in mammals is composed of at least two functionally different types of fat: white and brown.

Brown fat is a tissue within the body that burns calories. Here are some strange facts about brown fat.

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) or brown fat makes up the adipose organ together with white adipose tissue (or white fat). Brown adipose tissue is …

Key points. In the human body white fat predominates over brown fat by volume. White fat stores energy as triglycerides and is abundant in the midsection and thighs.

Supercharging Brown Fat to Battle Obesity. Why turning down the thermostat could help win the battle of the bulge

Scientists at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute have isolated a new type of energy-burning fat cell in adult humans which they say may have theutic potential for treating obesity.