Obesity Tissue: Composition, Energy Expenditure, and Energy Content in Adult Humans

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Hwaung, Phoenix
Bosy-Westphal, Anja
Müller, Manfred J.
Geisler, Corinna
Heo, Moonseong
Thomas, Diana M.
Kennedy, Samantha
Heymsfield, Steven B.

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2019

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Obesity

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Objective: Chronic positive energy balance leads to obesity, and the “excess” weight is usually described as consisting solely of adipose tissue (AT) or its two components, fat and fat‐free mass (nonfat cell mass, extracellular fluid). This study aimed to clarify the nature of “obesity” tissue.

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Hwaung et al., “Obesity Tissue.”

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Obesity

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1930-7381
1930-739X

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