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Nature 447, 525-527 (31 May 2007) | doi:10.1038/447525a; Published online 30 May 2007
Obesity: The two faces of fat
Kendall Powell1
- Kendall Powell is a science writer based in Broomfield, Colorado.
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Abstract
No longer viewed as inert packets of energy, fat cells are two-faced masterminds of metabolism. Kendall Powell weighs up the differences between 'fat' fat cells and thin ones.
Unwanted, unloved, yet often overabundant, few have much regard for fat. Scientists, too, long thought of fat cells as good-for-nothing layabouts unworthy of attention; containers stuffed with energy to be released at the body's command.
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