Rutgers researchers found that increased brown fat improves longevity and exercise capacity in mice. They aim to develop a ...

WE’RE always being told that too much fat storage is bad for the body. But there is one kind of fat that is more beneficial than the other. “If there’s one type of fat you probably want more of, ...

Researchers at Rutgers Health have made an exciting discovery about brown fat that could help people stay physically fit as ...

Whereas the present study found diet induced a “beiging” phenotype—in which white adipose tissue starts to express more energy-expending brown fat cells—Chawla and colleagues had previously shown that ...

However, he thinks that combining approaches to control both food intake and energy expenditure will yield more effective anti-obesity drugs than simply activating energy-burning brown fat. “Having ...