white fat

American  

[wahyt fat] / ˈwaɪt ˈfæt /

noun

1. a type of adipose tissue found in mammals, made up of cells that contain a single droplet of fat: it is used to store energy and usually makes up the majority of fat in human bodies.

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Example Sentences

Unlike white fat, which stores energy, or muscle, which uses it immediately, brown fat helps keep the body warm in cold environments.

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Finally, researchers examined how genes known to regulate white fat tissue were affected by targeting alpha2delta1 genetically or with gabapentin, and found both of these interventions after spinal cord injury suppress genes responsible for disrupting metabolic functions.

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Obesity is defined as a pathological increase in white fat, and has become a major problem worldwide, with a greatly increased risk of cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke.

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"We therefore asked how brown fat mass can be increased while simultaneously reducing bad white fat," says Bonn postdoctoral researcher and first author Dr. Laia Reverte-Salisa.

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"Our energy-dense foods lead to energy being stored in white fat. But losing weight isn´t that easy, as the body saves energy in response to a low-calorie diet. So our goal is to achieve additional energy release."

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