Medical Frontiers

Burning Fat with Fat Cells (2021x18)

Air date: Nov 28, 2021

The World Health Organization estimates that 1.9 billion people worldwide are overweight or obese. Obesity occurs due to white fat cells, which store lipids. A different type -- brown fat cells -- have been found to actually burn fat. We look at their mechanism and how to overcome obesity with a Japanese researcher whose discovery provided the basis for global fat cell research.