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Beige fat cells share characteristics of both brown fat and white fat. Beige fat is generated from white fat that has been exposed to cold temperatures in a process called "browning". Beige fat functions like brown fat to burn calories when heat is needed to warm the body.
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AUG 11, 2021Neuroscience
‘Beige’ fat reduces inflammation in mouse brains, and may provide protection from dementia. The correspondin ...Written By: Annie LennonAUG 10, 2021Immunology
Not all fat is ‘bad’—there’s white fat that builds up when excess calories are consumed. But, th ...Written By: Tara FernandesJUL 29, 2021Genetics & Genomics
Some gene variants might be protecting people from the negative health effects of obesity.Written By: Carmen LeitchJAN 10, 2020Genetics & Genomics
Researchers want to turn unhealthy white fat, which stores calories, to healthier brown or beige fat that burns calories ...Written By: Carmen LeitchAUG 24, 2018Health & Medicine
Being overweight can lead to a host of other conditions such as hypertension and heart disease. Obesity that leads to di ...Written By: Brenda Kelley Kim
AUG 11, 2021
Neuroscience
‘Beige’ fat reduces inflammation in mouse brains, and may provide protection from dementia. The correspondin
...
Written By:
Annie Lennon
AUG 10, 2021
Immunology
Not all fat is ‘bad’—there’s white fat that builds up when excess calories are consumed. But, th
...
Written By:
Tara Fernandes
JUL 29, 2021
Genetics & Genomics
Some gene variants might be protecting people from the negative health effects of obesity.
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JAN 10, 2020
Genetics & Genomics
Researchers want to turn unhealthy white fat, which stores calories, to healthier brown or beige fat that burns calories
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
AUG 24, 2018
Health & Medicine
Being overweight can lead to a host of other conditions such as hypertension and heart disease. Obesity that leads to di
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Written By:
Brenda Kelley Kim
JUL 13, 2017
Clinical & Molecular DX
Some people often joke that they don’t need to actually eat the food to gain the weight – that just sniffing
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JUN 01, 2016
Health & Medicine
More than two thirds of adults and about one third of children and adolescents are considered overweight or obese. The o
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Written By:
Cassidy Reich
DEC 23, 2015
Health & Medicine
There are three types of fat cells: white, beige, and brown fat cells. White fat cells are responsible for obesity. They
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Written By:
Julianne Chiaet
NOV 16, 2015
Microbiology
Researchers now have a better understanding of how gut microbes contribute to obesity. Mammals have white and bro
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Written By:
Kerry Evans
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MAY 29 2014 | 10:30 AM
Obesity is a disease. It was once not considered to be a disease and to be a matter of will power and gluttony. It was also the case that we once thought that fat tissue had no metabolic func...Speaker: Caroline M Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN
MAY 29 2014 | 10:30 AM
Obesity is a disease. It was once not considered to be a disease and to be a matter of will power and gluttony. It was also the case that we once thought that fat tissue had no metabolic func...
Speaker:
Caroline M Apovian, MD, FACP, FACN
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MAY 28, 2014 | 6:00 AM PDT
This year will be our 5th Annual Event in the Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series. Attendees can earn free CME and CE Credits....
MAY 28, 2014
| 6:00 AM PDT
This year will be our 5th Annual Event in the Clinical Diagnostics & Research Virtual Event Series. Attendees can earn free CME and CE Credits....