NDLE Board Nutritional Biochemistry and Clinical Dietetics Exam 1 Practice

Stored fat is the energy reserve housed in adipose tissue. Adipose tissue is made of adipocytes that store triglycerides, serving as the body's main long-term energy store and also providing insulation and cushioning. When you consume more energy than you need, fats are reassembled into triglycerides and stored in these cells. Brown fat, on the other hand, specializes in burning energy to generate heat rather than storing it, so it isn’t considered stored fat. Subcutaneous and visceral fat refer to where adipose tissue is located, not the category of stored fat itself. So the term that best fits “stored fat” is adipose.