Fat in all the wrong places

J Friedman - Nature, 2002 - nature.com
J Friedman
Nature, 2002nature.com
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Obesity and a rare, congenital absence of fat cells are associated with damaging levels of fat in various tissues, and diabetes. Leptin helps to remedy these problems by causing oxidation of fatty acids in mitochondria.
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