Besides white
Human adipose tissue in the vast majority consists of white adipose tissue.
The most important function of white adipose tissue is the accumulation and mobilization of lipids, especially triglycerides and free fatty acids.
Besides white adipose tissue, and has brown adipose tissue, which plays an important role in thermoregulation newborn.
Its function in adults currently unknown.
Distribution of fat in the human body depends on the sex, age and race.
As a rule, women have proportionally higher percentage of adipose tissue of the body weight than men, which is manifested by a thicker layer of subcutaneous fat.
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