Be cool, lose weight

Stephen R. Farmer
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Stephen R. Farmer: Boston University School of Medicine, Boston Massachusetts 02118, USA. farmer@biochem.bumc.bu.edu

Nature, 2009, vol. 458, issue 7240, 839-840

Abstract: To lose weight, would you rather diet, exercise or subject yourself to cool temperatures? The last choice is not such an odd one, as adult humans have brown fat tissue that burns calories in response to cold.

Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1038/458839a

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