Where is "Brown Fat" located in the body?

frenchy2010

Calling all health gurus once again... I hear most brown fat is located in the neck region as we have a very limited amount of it, but can it be elsewhere?

frenchy2010

Anybody?

Snail313

neck and upper chest?

frenchy2010

neck and upper chest?

Hmm. do you think it's in the arm area as well? If you have a source, that would be awesome.

Nice avatar, by the way

DopeItUp

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=where+is+brown+fat+located+in+the+body

frenchy2010

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=where+is+brown+fat+located+in+the+body

Lol, I've tried that, thank you! How kind of you to type it in for me though...

Yes, wikipedia again seems to be the only direct source to my question but I was hoping that someone here would have more knowledge on the subject to surpass wikipedia's information hub. I guess not though...

bcattoes

I don't think it's limited to certain areas on the body. Adults normally don't have much brown fat, but there is some evidence that we can turn white fat into brown fat through exercise. Or at least mice can.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/natural-exercise-hormone-transforms-fat-cells

ninerbuff

BAT (brown adipose tissue) from my reading and research is present in supraclavicular fat.

http://jcem.endojournals.org/content/96/8/2450.abstract?sid=90cb8667-d264-4269-abe3-72e2d9b4b4f6

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21791556

This is the area above the clavicles which includes the neck.

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Silverkittycat

Ohhhh..I dunno..
http://discovermagazine.com/2007/feb/visceral-fat/article_view?b_start:int=0&-C=

FireBrand80

Another point to add here is that you lost most of it after the infant stage of life.

OP, are you taking a supplement that claims to reduce brown fat?

frenchy2010

I don't think it's limited to certain areas on the body. Adults normally don't have much brown fat, but there is some evidence that we can turn white fat into brown fat through exercise. Or at least mice can.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/natural-exercise-hormone-transforms-fat-cells

Interesting - seeing how new these studies are, I wonder if this negates the entire proposition a few months ago of a new weight loss drug that supposedly turns white fat into brown fat...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/genetics/brown-fat-revelations-may-lead-to-new-weight-loss-drugs-670440

BAT (brown adipose tissue) from my reading and research is present in supraclavicular fat.

http://jcem.endojournals.org/content/96/8/2450.abstract?sid=90cb8667-d264-4269-abe3-72e2d9b4b4f6

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21791556

This is the area above the clavicles which includes the neck.

Thank you!
Hmm, I wonder if there the slightest correlation between BAT location and hypothyroidism, radiation exposure, and weight gain....?

bcattoes

I don't think it's limited to certain areas on the body. Adults normally don't have much brown fat, but there is some evidence that we can turn white fat into brown fat through exercise. Or at least mice can.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/natural-exercise-hormone-transforms-fat-cells

Interesting - seeing how new these studies are, I wonder if this negates the entire proposition a few months ago of a new weight loss drug that supposedly turns white fat into brown fat...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/genetics/brown-fat-revelations-may-lead-to-new-weight-loss-drugs-670440

That is interesting indeed. I hadn't heard about the protein.

frenchy2010

Another point to add here is that you lost most of it after the infant stage of life.

OP, are you taking a supplement that claims to reduce brown fat?

Hasn't come out on the market yet from what I understand - at least not for weight loss purposes, only for spinal surgery.

I ask all of this because I'm on a mission to create an exposé on liposuction procedures and encourage people to gear towards exercise and diet instead as well as understand what has happened to me. Which is why I was curious as to where brown fat is located - some have made claims that if lipectomy is done on brown fat, that fat returns in the form of white fat. However, they've only done it on mice so far, and if brown fat is only located in the neck region, then I'm not sure that claim can be made yet. Just want to get my facts straight.

frenchy2010

I don't think it's limited to certain areas on the body. Adults normally don't have much brown fat, but there is some evidence that we can turn white fat into brown fat through exercise. Or at least mice can.

http://www.health.harvard.edu/healthbeat/natural-exercise-hormone-transforms-fat-cells

Interesting - seeing how new these studies are, I wonder if this negates the entire proposition a few months ago of a new weight loss drug that supposedly turns white fat into brown fat...
http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/health/genetics/brown-fat-revelations-may-lead-to-new-weight-loss-drugs-670440

That is interesting indeed. I hadn't heard about the protein.

Will be interesting once it enters the market. Could be quite extraordinary.

frenchy2010

Another point to add here is that you lost most of it after the infant stage of life.

OP, are you taking a supplement that claims to reduce brown fat?

Thermal Imaging Can Tell Your "Good" Fat from "Bad":

http://www.psfk.com/2012/08/thermal-imaging-obesity.html

prettygirlhoward

bump to read later

bcattoes

Another point to add here is that you lost most of it after the infant stage of life.

OP, are you taking a supplement that claims to reduce brown fat?

Hasn't come out on the market yet from what I understand - at least not for weight loss purposes, only for spinal surgery.

I ask all of this because I'm on a mission to create an exposé on liposuction procedures and encourage people to gear towards exercise and diet instead as well as understand what has happened to me. Which is why I was curious as to where brown fat is located - some have made claims that if lipectomy is done on brown fat, that fat returns in the form of white fat. However, they've only done it on mice so far, and if brown fat is only located in the neck region, then I'm not sure that claim can be made yet. Just want to get my facts straight.

I read a study recently on post-liposuction that showed that it (liposuction) often increases visceral fat (internal fat around the organs), thus making the patients skinny fat.

frenchy2010

Another point to add here is that you lost most of it after the infant stage of life.

OP, are you taking a supplement that claims to reduce brown fat?

Hasn't come out on the market yet from what I understand - at least not for weight loss purposes, only for spinal surgery.

I ask all of this because I'm on a mission to create an exposé on liposuction procedures and encourage people to gear towards exercise and diet instead as well as understand what has happened to me. Which is why I was curious as to where brown fat is located - some have made claims that if lipectomy is done on brown fat, that fat returns in the form of white fat. However, they've only done it on mice so far, and if brown fat is only located in the neck region, then I'm not sure that claim can be made yet. Just want to get my facts straight.

I read a study recently on post-liposuction that showed that it (liposuction) often increases visceral fat (internal fat around the organs), thus making the patients skinny fat.

Yup, check out the thread I started on why not to get liposuction for more info. Very interesting study indeed. You can read it here:

http://www.nature.com/oby/journal/v19/n7/full/oby201164a.html

xlntrose

Check out WebMD - I'm pretty sure I saw an article on that quite a while ago.. you could just search the database if you haven't already. good luck

frenchy2010

Check out WebMD - I'm pretty sure I saw an article on that quite a while ago.. you could just search the database if you haven't already. good luck

I'm assuming you're referring to Brown Fat? I will definitely check out WebMD. Very reliable site indeed - funny enough I passed that one by. Thanks for the tip! The more info, the better.

frenchy2010

And voila, WebMD is surely in the know, thank you xintrose!

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/brown-fat-revolution-diet

http://www.webmd.com/diet/features/the-truth-about-fat


And with that I found this awesome site:

http://www.healthnewsreview.org/review/heart-hormone-linked-to-calorie-burning-brown-fat/

KewlFit

Hi Guys, sorry to bring up an older topic but we wanted to shed some light on this thread as it does not appear to be fully answered.

Brown Adipose Tissue can be found in the neck, supraclavicular region, chest and abdomen under PET-CT scans only after subjects have been exposed to mild cold exposure according to an article published in the New England Journal of Medicine (http://www.nejm.org/doi/pdf/10.1056/NEJMoa0808718).

If you haven't read the Harvard Medical School study where they put a 14°C cooling vest up against the weight loss drug Ephridine you should take a read http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22665804

If we can help out at all on this topic, please let us know!

KewlFit

alasin1derland

interesting thread