brown fat
noun
: a mammalian heat-producing tissue occurring especially in human fetuses and newborn infants and in hibernating animals
called also brown adipose tissue
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Some studies suggest that CBD may help convert white fat into brown fat, which is more metabolically active and helps burn calories-though more human research is needed to confirm this effect.
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Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
But diets or drugs don’t focus on brown fat levels, or fat around the heart.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
At slower vertical climbing rates, calorie burn rates were higher than normal at 32 degrees, because the subjects were spending extra energy keeping themselves warm by shivering and activating their brown fat.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 14 Feb. 2025
Brown adipose tissue, also known as brown fat, is a particular type of fat that can produce heat and increase the amount of calories the body burns.12
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—Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Ld, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2025
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Tribune Content Agency, Mercury News, 30 Apr. 2025
But diets or drugs don’t focus on brown fat levels, or fat around the heart.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
At slower vertical climbing rates, calorie burn rates were higher than normal at 32 degrees, because the subjects were spending extra energy keeping themselves warm by shivering and activating their brown fat.
—Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 14 Feb. 2025
Brown adipose tissue, also known as brown fat, is a particular type of fat that can produce heat and increase the amount of calories the body burns.12
6.
—Lindsey Desoto, Rd, Ld, Verywell Health, 29 Jan. 2025
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“Brown fat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/brown%20fat. Accessed 10 May. 2025.
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