Brown & white fat: How to activate one, lose the other

Apr 29, 2026 | 17:56 IST

Storage of fat is different in Indians. This makes our organs vulnerable to inflammation

When it comes to fat, there’s the good, and the bad. For Indians, it can also get a little ugly. A couple of years ago, researchers at University of Glasgow set out to study the pot belly. They overfed 14 South Asians and 14 white Europeans the same diet, and then tracked what happened next.

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Brown & white fat: How to activate one, lose the other

Storage of fat is different in Indians. This makes our organs vulnerable to inflammation

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