'We are only now beginning to understand fat.' 'Fat is one of the most fascinating organs out there,' says Aaron Cypess, MD, PhD, an instructor of medicine at Harvard Medical School and a research associate at the Joslin Diabetes Center in Boston. From the dimply stuff that plagues women's thighs to the beer bellies that can pop out in middle-aged men, fat is typically something we agonize over, scorn, and try to exercise away.īut for scientists, fat is intriguing - and becoming more so every day.
For most of us, body fat has a bad reputation.