Those fat cells dissipate as children grow into adolescence. They were believed to vanish completely in adults. In 2003, thanks to advancements in imaging, it was discovered that brown fat ...

Once thought only to be present in infants, who lack the musculature to shiver, brown fat turned up along the spines and necks of adults on scans intended to catch cancer metastasis. Brown fat's ...

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 ...

More information: Takeshi Yoneshiro et al, Pre-fertilization-origin preservation of brown fat-mediated energy expenditure in humans, Nature Metabolism (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s42255-025-01249-2 ...