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Review
. 1979 Nov 17;121(10):1361-4.

Obesity may be due to a malfunctioning of brown fat

J Himms-Hagen
Review

Obesity may be due to a malfunctioning of brown fat

J Himms-Hagen. Can Med Assoc J. .

Abstract

Recent basic research on the functioning of brown fat, a heat-producing tissue, has been fitted together with research on obesity to provide an exciting and challenging new approach to the study of the cause of obesity and could serve as a starting point for the development of new modes of treatment. Recent studies on brown adipose tissue have shown that a defect in this tissue is one probable cause of obesity.

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