adipose tissue
noun
: connective tissue in which fat is stored and which has the cells distended by droplets of fat
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Fat loss involves lowering body fat (adipose tissue) while maintaining or increasing lean muscle mass.
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 June 2025
The differences mean regular exercisers had a greater capacity to store fat in the subcutaneous adipose tissue, reducing the need to store it in visceral adipose tissue—a type of fat tissue that lives around organs like the liver and heart.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 1 Oct. 2024
While white adipose tissue has one large fatty droplet, brown tissue has many tiny droplets, and lots of mitochondria.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Fasting also triggers a metabolic switch, prompting the body to burn fat and glucose stored in adipose tissue.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
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Lindsay Curtis, Health, 4 June 2025
The differences mean regular exercisers had a greater capacity to store fat in the subcutaneous adipose tissue, reducing the need to store it in visceral adipose tissue—a type of fat tissue that lives around organs like the liver and heart.
—Lauryn Higgins, Health, 1 Oct. 2024
While white adipose tissue has one large fatty droplet, brown tissue has many tiny droplets, and lots of mitochondria.
—Bethany Brookshire, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2025
Fasting also triggers a metabolic switch, prompting the body to burn fat and glucose stored in adipose tissue.
—Tiziana Cardini, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2025
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“Adipose tissue.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/adipose%20tissue. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.
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