Adults, Especially Women, Have Calorie-burning 'Brown Fat'

Thursday, June 11, 2009 - 21:35 in Health & Medicine

Keeping your baby fat turns out to be a good thing, as long as it is "brown fat" -- the kind that burns calories, according to a study that found adults have much more of this type of fat than previously thought. The results suggest a new way to treat obesity.

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