Endocrine Abstracts

In most countries in the world, an increasing number of people suffer from the metabolic syndrome, normally defined as obesity, high blood sugar, high blood fats and high blood pressure. The new understanding that adult humans possess active brown adipose tissue has led to hope that a (re)activation of this tissue (browning) may be helpful in ameliorating the metabolic syndrome. Brown adipose tissue has the ability to combust (extra) food intake in a direct way, due to the uni...