Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you set a New Year's resolution to lose more weight but you're having trouble shedding pounds, you're not alone. Good news: You ...

Being cold could be the key to losing weight this winter, thanks to a special type of fat. Unlike white fat, which serves as energy reserves for the body, brown fat converts calories into heat when we ...

Researchers have found a protein that is responsible for turning off brown fat activity. This new discovery could lead to a promising strategy for safely activating brown fat and tackling obesity and ...

Special fat cells known as brown adipocytes help maintaining body temperature by converting calory-rich nutrients into heat. This protects from gaining excess weight and metabolic disorders. An ...

Most fat stores energy; the body's brown fat does the opposite. Unlike the white fat that accumulates just under our skin, brown fat burns calories and glucose to generate heat. Formally known as ...

Researchers have determined how a key protein activates brown fat by expanding blood vessels and nerves in the heat-generating tissue. The findings, published in Nature Communications, point to a ...

When brown fat — calorie-burning adipose tissue once thought to exist only in infants — was discovered in adults 15 years ago, obesity medicine researchers started searching for ways to help people ...