Article: Burn baby burn.(News)

Article: Other, friendly fat present in adult humans: brown ...
Science News;  May 9, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... partly because they lack brown fat and can't burn all the ... may provide insulation so brown fat isn't needed, van Marken Lichtenbelt says. "It is now without dispute that brown fat is present in adult humans ...

Article: Brown Adipose Tissue: A Really Cool Idea.
Internal Medicine Alert;  May 29, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... appears to be reduced in people who are obese. Source: van Marken Lichtenbelt WD, et al. Cold-activated brown adipose tissue in healthy ... sup.18F-FDG) as a surrogate marker of the activity of brown fat, dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry to evaluate body ...

Article: `BROWN FAT' MAY PLAY A ROLE IN WHAT YOU WEIGH
The Washington Post;  January 4, 1994 ;     663 words ... ... and being skinny, scientists report. Brown fat is the term applied to a poorly understood ... ordinary stuff of bulging waistlines. Brown fat burns energy rather than conserving it ... and his colleagues found that loss of brown fat leads to gross obesity, plus disorders ...

Article: BROWN FAT.(Health)
Albany Times Union (Albany, NY);  May 30, 2009 ;     700+ words ...Dear Healthy Professor: What is brown fat and why are people talking about it? Answer: Brown fat and white fat are two types of body fat ... as insulation and protects body organs. Brown fat is different. In the April 9, 2009 issue ...

Article: `Brown fat' may be key in obesity battle ; Calories ...
The Boston Globe;  August 11, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... highlighting a good type of fat, called "brown fat," that offers a potential new weapon ... obesity. Unlike better-known white fat, brown fat converts stored energy into heat. It ... three research groups reported that brown fat exists in at least some adults. And ...

Article: 'Brown fat' as weapon in obesity war.(Recent ...
Medical Laboratory Observer;  September 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ..."Brown" fat (brown adipose tissue) is the newest ... obesity. A good type of fat--tagged "brown fat"--converts stored energy into heat ... groups reported earlier this year that brown fat exists in some adults, and two other ...

Transcript: Brown Fat: Don't Try To Burn It
NPR Talk of the Nation Science Friday;  April 10, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... Nation Science Friday 04-10-2009 Brown Fat: Don't Try To Burn It Time 14:00 ... tended to babies may have heard the term brown fat. That's the name of a type of fat ... And rather than storing calories, brown fat actually burns calories and produces ...