Brown Fat and the Myth of Diet-Induced Thermogenesis Page 1 Cell Metabolism Minireview
Focus on Brown Adipose Tissue Brown Fat and the Myth of Diet-Induced Thermogenesis
Leslie P. Kozak1,* 1Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70808, USA
*Correspondence: kozaklp@pbrc.edu DOI 10.1016/j.cmet.2010.03.009 The notion that brown
adipose tissue (BAT) in mice or humans maintains energy balance by burning off excess
calories seems incompatible with evolutionary biology. Studies in obese rats and mice lacking …