Scientists find that fat inside muscles blocks healing - but reducing it could restore strength after injury or disease.

This study provides the first detailed analysis of the changes losing weight causes in these usually unwanted cells.

Over 80% of fat cells in the belly region of 12-month-old mice (roughly equivalent to a 40-something human) were newly formed, compared to almost none in younger mice.

Aging appears to unlock adult stem cells programmed to create more problematic belly fat cells, new research in mice and human tissues reveals. "This is the first evidence that our bellies expand ...

These soldiers of the immune system play a dynamic role in the form of white fat known interchangeably as visceral fat—visceral adipose tissue, or just plain old VAT.

As the years pass, many people—especially men—find themselves gaining stubborn belly fat. Now, researchers have uncovered key reasons why this happens, offering hope for new ways to combat age ...

Their brown adipose tissue also protects them from obesity, glucose intolerance, cardiovascular disorders, cancer and Alzheimer's disease, in addition to reduced exercise tolerance.

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 ...

More information: Sana S. Hasan et al, Obesity drives depot-specific vascular remodeling in male white adipose tissue, Nature Communications (2025). DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-60910-2 ...

Two Metabolic Types An average person has about 100-300 g of brown fat tissue, mainly around the neck and collarbone and along the spine. Interestingly, just 50 g of active BAT can burn up to 300 ...