Want to Lose Weight? Try Moving to Alaska!

This might sound somewhat backwards, but a recent study just came out about a fat that you actually want in your body, called Brown Fat. 

Brown fat is present in infants (in their shoulder area), to help keep them warm, and was thought to disappear as you get older, until recently. Researchers have found that if you expose adults to a colder temperature, the brown fat kicks in and converts energy into heat. When in effect, it supposedly has a metabolism there that is 15 times faster than regular "white fat tissue." 

They've also noticed that leaner people have more brown fat than heavier individuals. I don't want to go into much more detail as I'm bound to either confuse you, or mess up the facts, so check out this article from the Discovery Channel: http://dsc.discovery.com/news/2009/04/09/brown-fat-obesity.html

Pretty interesting stuff!