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Thursday, October 24, 2013 – Daily News 3B FEATURES Changing fat cells may conquer obesity more brown fat DEAR DOCare less likely to TOR K: In a develop insulin recent column resistance, a preabout abdominal cursor to diabetes. fat, you talked They're also less about two kinds of fat, because they fat — brown fat burn more fat and and white fat. I'd store less fat. In like to hear more Dr. K other words, it about them. appears that DEAR READby Anthony L. ER: I'm glad you Komaroff, M.D. brown fat wards off obesity. asked, because the These findings would discovery of these two types of fat could prove to be interesting — but not be very important. In the particularly relevant — if column you're referring we couldn't control the to, I discussed how viscer- amount of white and al, or abdominal, fat brown fat in our bodies. (which accumulates deep But ongoing research suginside the abdomen) is gests we can. Colleagues here at Harmore harmful to our health than subcutaneous vard have recently discovfat (the fat just beneath the ered natural chemicals in skin). But when it comes all of us that affect the to fat, it's not just location number of white and that matters. Color counts, brown fat cells. One is a too — and brown is better. molecule called irisin. Humans and other This hormone is produced mammals have two types by muscle cells, particuof fat: white fat and brown larly when those cells are fat. (There may also be a regularly exercised. It cirthird kind that's in culates through the blood between, sometimes and transforms white fat called "beige fat.") Until cells into brown fat cells. When obese mice with very recently, we thought that adult humans had insulin resistance are only white fat. We knew given injections of irisin, some adult animals had they lose weight and have brown fat, and that human reduced insulin resistance. babies did, too. But we This discovery has excited thought babies lost their scientists, for obvious reabrown fat as they grew sons. If it worked the same way in humans, and older. Discoveries here at without side effects, it Harvard Medical School could have huge health found that all of us main- benefits. A word of caution: tain some brown fat cells throughout our life. Why Many "silver bullets" for is this important? White obesity have come and fat cells store fat. When gone. Still, I'd bet on this we get "fat" — when newly discovered molethose love handles start to cule, and on other appear — that's because advances triggered by the we're growing more and discovery that we adult humans have brown fat bigger white fat cells. Brown fat cells, on the within us. other hand, don't store fat; Dr. Komaroff is a they burn it. They are brown because they con- physician and professor Harvard Medical tain lots of mitochondria, at School. To send the energy factories inside go to each cell. The mitochon- questions, or dria in brown fat cells AskDoctorK.com, burn fat to create one kind write: Ask Doctor K, 10 Shattuck St., Second of energy: heat. Animals with relatively Floor, Boston, MA 02115. Community Clip? e-mail: clerk@redbluffdailynews.com or Fax: 527-9251 Parents enjoy sharing bed with daughter child's development, and the Dear Annie: What is set-up does not interfere your opinion on co-sleepwith marital intimacy. If you ing? My husband, his are the stepparent and the daughter and I all sleep in biological mother is in the the same bed at night, and picture, be sure she is in neither my husband nor I agreement. This is a joint minds a bit. parental decision. My husband loves it, Dear Annie: I'm the saying he knows where both of his beautiful ladies Annie's proud grandma of two: a young lady of 17 and a 14are at night and he doesn't year-old Eagle Scout grandhave to worry. When we want to make love, we wait by Kathy Mitchell son. The problem is my Lauuntil his daughter is not in and Marcy Sugar ren Bacall voice. (A nun in the bed, or we go into the spare bedroom. What do you think? the fifth grade nicknamed me "Foghorn.") My granddaughter — Pennsylvania Dear Pennsylvania: We think a deliberately goes out of her way to lot of this is up to the parents and ignore her grandfather and me depends on the age of the child. because she is embarrassed by how Often, pediatricians do not recom- I sound. It doesn't bother my mend co-sleeping with an infant grandson at all, but my grandbecause of the slight risk that a par- daughter has avoided me since the ent will roll over onto the child. age of 5. No kisses, no hugs, no Some older children who co-sleep affection at all. She just graduated from high have difficulty transitioning to their own bed and will demand to sleep school. My heart aches, and I cry with the parents well past puberty. every day knowing she will conAnd some children who are devel- tinue to hate me. I always have oping sexually can transfer inap- been good to her. I never say no propriate feelings to a parent when when she asks for something, co-sleeping continues past a certain right up to paying for her 18th point. We will assume that neither birthday gift to parachute for the parent has inappropriate sexual first time. — A Loving and Lonefeelings toward the child, although ly Grandma Dear Grandma: Grandchildren this is also a concern. What counts is that both of the generally are very accepting of parents and the child are comfort- their grandparents' voices, features, able with this arrangement, both habits, etc. We know that some parents are responsible about the children are acutely embarrassed Mailbox by any variation of the norm. But even if your voice is grating to her, by the age of 18, your granddaughter should have developed the maturity and tolerance to consider it unimportant compared to her relationship with you. We hope she will learn to value the love you offer, but in the meantime, please accept her limitations and focus your affection on your grandson. Also, if you haven't had a doctor check your throat, we hope you will. Sometimes, these vocal issues have medical causes that go undiagnosed for years. Dear Annie: I had to respond to "Venting in Oregon," who complained about the neighbors' noisy children. My husband and I, while sitting on our front porch, recently complained that our street is too quiet. When we moved here 25 years ago, the street was filled with children, ours included. We enjoyed watching boys racing go-carts down the street and children dashing back and forth to one another's homes. Last year, a garage band around the block blasted their music for an hour in the afternoon each weekday. It was great. Now it feels like a ghost town. All of our children grew up and moved away, and we are still here. We miss the lively commotion that makes for a family neighborhood. 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