It is sometimes called “good” fat. Brown adipose tissue, also known as brown fat, is one of two types of fat that humans and other mammals have. The other type of fat is white or yellow fat.

Brown fat, also called brown adipose tissue, helps maintain your body temperature when you get too cold. It’s the same fat that bears use to stay warm when they hibernate. Babies are born with a ...

Metabolic dysfunction is increasingly recognized as a critical factor influencing cardiovascular disease (CVD), motivating researchers to investigate novel ...

The body employs two methods for heat production: shivering-mediated heat production by skeletal muscle and non-shivering thermogenesis by brown adipose tissue. The latter is particularly ...

More information: Lynnette Leidy Sievert et al, Brown Adipose Tissue Activity and Childhood Exposure to Cold Are Associated With Hot Flashes at Menopause, American Journal of Human Biology (2024 ...

Recruitment of brown adipose tissue (BAT) has emerged as a potential tool to combat obesity and associated metabolic complications. Short-term cold acclimation has been shown not only to enhance ...

Body fat, or adipose tissue, is a complex organ ... Researchers are studying whether they can harness the positive traits of brown and beige fat and use them to treat obesity.