«We wanted to investigate whether human adults had the ability to transform some white fat deposits into beige fat
when they were exposed to cold,» said one of the study's authors, Philip A. Kern, MD, of the University of Kentucky School of
Medicine in Lexington, KY. «Browning fat tissue would be an
excellent defense against obesity.
In her
excellent book, Clinical Behavioral
Medicine for Small Animals, Dr. Karen Overall defines separation anxiety as, «A condition in which animals exhibit symptoms of anxiety or excessive distress
when they are left alone.»