adipose tissue
noun
: connective tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells distended by droplets of fat
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Generally, excess adipose tissue (fat) occurs because your body is experiencing an energy imbalance.3
Your body takes in energy through food and spends energy through physical exercise.
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 15 July 2024
For this issue’s special report, Ford depicted both healthy and unhealthy adipose tissue in a feature on being heavy and healthy by journalist Christie Aschwanden.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
In fact, adipose tissue, or fat tissue, produces excess amounts of estrogen.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 13 June 2024
The largest system, the integumentary and adipose tissues, consists mainly of skin and fat.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
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Carrie Madormo, Rn, Health, 15 July 2024
For this issue’s special report, Ford depicted both healthy and unhealthy adipose tissue in a feature on being heavy and healthy by journalist Christie Aschwanden.
—Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
In fact, adipose tissue, or fat tissue, produces excess amounts of estrogen.
—Sandra Rose Salathe, Flow Space, 13 June 2024
The largest system, the integumentary and adipose tissues, consists mainly of skin and fat.
—Clara Moskowitz, Scientific American, 1 Jan. 2024
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“Adipose tissue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adipose%20tissue. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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