BAT is a thermogenic organ. In contrast to white adipose tissue (WAT), the primary function of BAT is to produce heat by the process of nonshivering thermogenesis (NST). This process is enabled by ...

Also known as brown adipose tissue, it plays an important role ... You can protect the brown fat in your own body by eating a healthful diet, getting regular exercise and spending periods of ...

Recruitment of brown adipose ... trend for body fat percentage. In addition, cold-induced glucose uptake in BAT was positively related to glucose uptake in visceral white adipose tissue, although ...

ugr.es Brown adipose tissue (BAT) has the ability to oxidise glucose and lipids, and dissipate energy in the form of heat.1 Thus, it could provide one method to influence energy balance—and therefore, ...

Newly reported research in human tissue and in mice has uncovered a mechanism by which brown fat (brown adipose tissue; BAT) is converted into heat, and identified a control protein that may ...

They also found a previously undiscovered mechanism for turning body fat ... more MCJ in tissue samples from obese humans and mice. In mice where MCJ production was blocked, the animals were better at ...

As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...

Although obese individuals are at greater risk of diabetes, high blood pressure or high cholesterol, not all obese people ...

This finding points to potential interventions for obesity-related diseases by manipulating brown fat to enhance ... We now know that adipose tissue –body fat–, in addition to storing energy ...