Obesity has reached epidemic proportions worldwide, posing a significant burden on people’s health and on healthcare systems. It is a major risk factor for ...

Adipose progenitor cells are mostly dormant in young mice, however, they become active in middle age, leading to the rapid proliferation of new fat cells.

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) densities assessed as CT Hounsfield units (HUs) were evaluated in a rodent model and in patients to determine whether HUs changed in relation to BAT activity. Methods: ...