fat reserves
Adipose tissue savings
Fat reserves are stores of adipose tissue the body accumulates for future energy needs.
Animals build fat reserves before hibernation or migration; humans carry them naturally, though the term often appears in discussions of weight loss or survival: Her body was burning through its fat reserves.
The phrase emphasizes fat as functional storage rather than excess.
- adiposePertaining to stored lipids
- fatty tissueLipid-rich body material
- body fatLipid tissue stores
- brown fatHeat-producing fatty tissue
- blubberMarine mammal fat
stored · energy storage · energy · hibernation · winter · survival · lean times · rainy day · famine · metabolism · calories · tissue · insulation · padding · stockpile · belly · spare tire · love handles
- animal adaptationscamouflage, webbed feet, filter feeding, thick fur, blubber
- winter survivalhibernation, hibernate, dormancy, torpor, winter coat
- body fatbody fat, fat tissue, fatty tissue, adipose, subcutaneous fat
- reservessurplus funds, nature preserve, wildlife refuge, emergency fund, rainy day fund
- adaptationsfilm adaptation, film adaptations, movie adaptation, TV adaptation, TV adaptations
- reptile anatomyskeleton, bones, lungs, skull, ribs
fat reservesmuscle mass
Amount of contractile tissue
lean muscle · lean body mass · lean mass · skeletal muscle · muscle tissue
fat reservesenergy deficit
Expending more than ingested
starvation · caloric deficit · emaciation · wasting · energy expenditure
fat reservesemaciation
Extreme bodily thinness
leanness · thinness · gauntness · skin and bones · wasting
fats, fatten, fattened, fattening, fatness, fatted, reserve, reserves, reserved