AICAR	5-aminoimidazole-4-carboxamide ribonucleotide
ADP	Adenosine diphosphate
ATP	Adenosine triphosphate
AMPK	Adenosine monophosphate -activated protein kinase
FTO	Alpha-Ketoglutarate Dependent Dioxygenase
APO-A	Apolipoprotein A
AT	Adipose Tissue
b3-AR	β-3-adrenergic receptors
b3-AR	β-3-adrenergic receptors
BDNF	Brain Derived Neurotrophic Factor
BAT	Brown Adipose Tissue
CVD	Cardiovascular disease
CPT1a	Carnitine Palmitoyltransferase 1A
C/EBPα	CCAAT-enhancer-binding protein α
CIDEA	Cell death-inducing DNA fragmentation factor-α-like effector A
DNA	Deoxyribonucleic acid
EE	Energy expenditure
FABP4	Fatty Acid Binding Protein 4
FAS	Fatty acid synthase
FTO	Fat mass and obesity-associated protein
FGF21	Fibroblast growth factor-21
FNDC5	Fibronectin Type III Domain Containing 5
GLUT	Glucose transporter
HDL	High density lipoprotein
HFD	High Fat Diet
IL6	Interleukin 6
IGF2BP2	Insulin-like growth factor 2 mRNA-binding protein 2
IR	Insulin Receptor
IRS	Insulin Receptor Substrate
LEP	Leptin
LDL	Low density lipoprotein
MC4R	Melanocortin 4 receptor
Myf5	Myogenic factor 5
OPA1	Mitochondrial dynamin like GTPase
mtROS	Mitochondrial reactive oxygen species
TFAM	Mitochondrial Transcription Factor A
TNFa	Necrosis tumoral factor a
NE	Norepinephrine
GTPase	Nucleotide guanosine triphosphate hydrolase
OPA1	Optic atrophy 1
PPARs	Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptors
PGC1α	Peroxisome proliferator-activated receptor gamma—coactivator 1a
PINK1	Phosphatidylinositol-3,4,5-trisphosphate 3-phosphatase -induced kinase 1
PRDM16	PR domain containing 16
RNA	Ribonucleic acid
ROS	Reactive oxygen species
SNS	Sympathetic Nervous System
SNP	Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms
SERCA	Sarco/endoplasmic reticulum calcium ATPase
Sirt1	Sirtuin 1
SREBP1c	Sterol regulatory element-binding transcription factor 1
T3	Triiodothyronine
T2DM	Type 2 diabetes mellitus
UCPs	Uncoupling proteins
VEGF	Vascular endothelial growth factor
WAT	White Adipose Tissue