Obesity is a chronic metabolic disease caused by a long-term imbalance between energy
intake and expenditure. The discovery of three different shades of adipose tissues has
implications in terms of understanding the pathogenesis and potential interventions for
obesity and its related complications. Fat browning, as well as activation of brown
adipocytes and new beige adipocytes differentiated from adipogenic progenitor cells, are
emerging as interesting and promising methods to curb obesity because of their unique …