fat stores
Adipose tissue deposits
Fat stores are the body's reserves of adipose tissue, accumulated when caloric intake exceeds expenditure and drawn upon when energy demands increase.
The term appears most often in contexts of nutrition, metabolism, and survival: During hibernation, bears live off their fat stores.
Athletes and dieters speak of burning fat stores through exercise or caloric restriction.
- adiposePertaining to stored lipids
- white adipose tissueLipid storage cells
- reservesResources held back
- energy reservesAccumulated power supply
- blubberMarine mammal fat
cellulite · lipids · belly · cushioning · hibernation · survival · energy · famine · insulation · metabolism · love handles · spare tire · calories · tissue · hoard · stockpile · padding · winter
- body fatadipose, adipocytes, adiposity, love handles, muffin top
- appetite regulationappetite, hunger, thirst, satiety, fullness
fat storesmuscle mass
Amount of contractile tissue
lean body mass · muscle tissue · lean mass · skeletal muscle · bone mass
fat storesenergy deficit
Expending more than ingested
caloric deficit · lipolysis · energy expenditure · starvation · emaciation
fat, fats, fatty, fatten, fattened, fattening, fattier, fattiest, fatness