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Brown fat: Fat that makes you thin

Name: Brown fat: Fat that makes you thin
Uploaded: 2012-03-30T02:52:10-0400
Duration: 1 min 10 s
Description: Two new studies are raising hope that brown fat -- fat that burns calories like a furnace -- may some day be used to help people control their weight. Dr. Holly Phillips reports.

Two new studies are raising hope that brown fat -- fat that burns calories like a furnace -- may some day be used to help people control their weight. Dr. Holly Phillips reports.