SAGE Reference - Encyclopedia of Global Health

Entry
Reader's guide
Entries A-Z
Subject index

Brown Fat

By: Jason Vassy
In: Encyclopedia of Global Health
Edited by: Yawei Zhang
Subject:Public Health (general), Public Health Education & Health Promotion

Brown fat is specialized adipose tissue found in the newborn that allows it to generate heat to maintain its body temperature. Newborns are at a greater risk for hypothermia than older humans. They have a larger surface area-to-volume ratio and cannot ...

Tools
Tools icon close
- Add to list Added to list Added
- Download PDFopens in new window
- Cite
  
  Cite icon close
  
  Format APA
  
  Vassy, J. (2008). Brown fat. In Y. Zhang (Ed.), Encyclopedia of global health (Vol. 1, pp. 316-317). SAGE Publications, Inc., https://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n215
  
  Vassy, Jason. "Brown Fat." In Encyclopedia of Global Health, edited by Zhang, Yawei, 316-17. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n215.
  
  Vassy, J. 2008. Brown Fat. In: Yawei Zhang Editor, 2008. Encyclopedia of Global Health, Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE Publications, Inc. pp. 316-317 Available at: <http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n215> [Accessed 8 May 2021].
  
  Vassy, Jason. "Brown Fat." Encyclopedia of Global Health. Edited by Yawei Zhang. Vol. 1. Thousand Oaks: SAGE Publications, Inc., 2008, pp. 316-17. SAGE Knowledge. 8 May 2021, doi: http://www.doi.org/10.4135/9781412963855.n215.
  copy to clipboard
  or
  
  Export to your reference manager Endnote
  
  Export
  
  Cancel
- Share
  
  Share icon close
  
  Share via
  
  Email
  
  Please log in from an authenticated institution or log into your member profile to access the email feature.
  
  Sign in/register
- Text size
  
  Text Size close
  
  small
  
  Medium
  
  Large
  
  Cancel
- Get link
  
  Get link icon close
  
  Link to this page directly with a permalink: https://sk.sagepub.com/reference/globalhealth/n215.xml
  
  Copy to clipboard
  
  Cancel
On this page
On this page icon close
On this page

Data resources

Document resources

Video resources

Sign in to access this content

Get a 30 day FREE TRIAL

Watch videos from a variety of sources bringing classroom topics to life
Read modern, diverse business cases
Explore hundreds of books and reference titles

Brown Fat

Sign in to access this content

Get a 30 day FREE TRIAL

Read next

More like this

SAGE Recommends