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Brown adipose tissue, whole‐body energy expenditure, and thermogenesis in healthy adult men

Body Composition Assessment
Author
Takeshi Yoneshiro
Used Parameters : BW, FFM, BFM, PBF

Publication Year : 2011

Country : Japan

Journal : Obesity

Brown adipose tissue (BAT) can be identified by 18F‐fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG)‐positron emission tomography (PET) in adult humans. Thirteen healthy male volunteers aged 20–28 years underwent FDG‐PET after 2‐h cold exposure at 19° C with light‐clothing and intermittently putting their legs on an ice block. When exposed to cold, 6 out of the 13 subjects showed marked FDG uptake into adipose tissue of the supraclavicular and paraspinal regions (BAT‐positive group), whereas the remaining seven showed no …
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