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  2. Adipocyte - Wikipedia

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    The marrow adipose tissue depot is poorly understood in terms of its physiologic function and relevance to bone health. Marrow adipose tissue expands in states of low bone density but additionally expands in the setting of obesity. [4] Marrow adipose tissue response to exercise approximates that of white adipose tissue.

  3. Adipose tissue - Wikipedia

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    Adipose tissue (also known as body fat or simply fat) is a loose connective tissue composed mostly of adipocytes. [1] [2] It also contains the stromal vascular fraction (SVF) of cells including preadipocytes, fibroblasts, vascular endothelial cells and a variety of immune cells such as adipose tissue macrophages.

  4. Disposable soma theory of aging - Wikipedia

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    In biogerontology, the disposable soma theory of aging states that organisms age due to an evolutionary trade-off between growth, reproduction, and DNA repair maintenance. [1] Formulated by British biologist Thomas Kirkwood , the disposable soma theory explains that an organism only has a limited amount of resources that it can allocate to its ...

  5. Hallmarks of aging - Wikipedia

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    Aging is characterized by a progressive loss of physiological integrity, leading to impaired function and increased vulnerability to death. The hallmarks of aging are the types of biochemical changes that occur in all organisms that experience biological aging and lead to a progressive loss of physiological integrity, impaired function and, eventually, death.

  6. Bone marrow adipose tissue - Wikipedia

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    Bone marrow adipose tissue (BMAT), sometimes referred to as marrow adipose tissue (MAT), is a type of fat deposit in bone marrow. It increases in states of low bone density, such as osteoporosis , [ 1 ] [ 2 ] anorexia nervosa / caloric restriction , [ 3 ] [ 4 ] skeletal unweighting such as that which occurs in space travel , [ 5 ] [ 6 ] and ...

  7. Body fat percentage - Wikipedia

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    In males, mean percentage body fat ranged from 23% at age 16–19 years to 31% at age 60–79 years. In females, mean percentage body fat ranged from 32% at age 8–11 years to 42% at age 60–79 years. But it is important to recognise that women need at least 9% more body fat than men to live a normal healthy life. [2]

  8. Fat - Wikipedia

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    The obese mouse on the left has large stores of adipose tissue. For comparison, a mouse with a normal amount of adipose tissue is shown on the right. In animals, adipose tissue, or fatty tissue is the body's means of storing metabolic energy over extended periods of time. Adipocytes (fat cells) store fat derived from the diet and from liver ...

  9. Adipose tissue expandability hypothesis - Wikipedia

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    Version of the hypothesis implicating failure to generate more adipocytes in tissue expandability. The adipose tissue expandability hypothesis posits that metabolic dysregulation that appears to be caused by excess weight, such as type 2 diabetes [1] and non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, [2] are triggered when an individual's capacity for storing excess calories in the subcutaneous adipose ...