Cold and Exercise: Therapeutic Tools to Activate Brown Adipose Tissue and Combat Obesity

The rise in obesity over the last several decades has reached pandemic proportions. Brown adipose tissue (BAT) is a thermogenic organ that is involved in energy expenditure and represents an attractive target to combat both obesity and type 2 diabetes. Cold exposure and exercise training are two sti...

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Main Authors: Carmem Peres Valgas da Silva, Diego Hernández-Saavedra, Joseph D. White, Kristin I. Stanford
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-02-01
Series:Biology
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2079-7737/8/1/9