Reader\'s Digest - 04.2020

neck region, burns

energy rather than

storing it the way white

fat does, according

to Scott Kahan, MD,

director of the National

Center for Weight and

Wellness in Washing-

ton, DC.

By Denise Mann

Body-Fat Secrets You

Need to Know

1

those extra pounds

should be avoided

at all costs, right?

Actually, while being

overweight isn’t gener-

ally good for our health,

not all fat is created

equal—some may even

be beneficial.

2

There are two

major kinds of

body fat. White

fat, the most abundant

type, is what you feel

when you “pinch an

inch” on your mid-

section. Brown fat,

found mainly in the

32 april 2020 Illustration by Serge Bloch

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