Brown adipose tissue is a type of fat that burns energy, keeps us warm, and helps regulate blood sugar. Along with increased brown fat activity, participants also showed increased energy ...

Compared to healthy controls, the patients’ white adipose tissue appeared more like brown fat, with an increase in the presence of lipid droplets, rod-shape mitochondria, and a brown fat marker, UCP1.

A special type of fat called brown adipose tissue generates heat to help the body maintain its core temperature, especially in cold environments and in newborns. White adipose tissue, in contrast, ...