A composition for promoting energy metabolism, a composition for promoting sympathetic nerve activity, a composition for promoting fat burning, an antiobestic composition or a composition for elevating body temperature, each composition comprising 1-(3',4',5'-trihydroxyphenyl)-3-(2",4",6"-trihydroxyphenyl)-propan-2-ol. The compositions according to the present invention have excellent effects of promoting energy metabolism, promoting sympathetic nerve activity, promoting fat burning, controlling obesity (i.e., suppressing body weight gain or reducing body weight) and elevating body temperature. Therefore, these compositions are possibly efficacious for elevating body temperature, ameliorating hypothermia, controlling obesity, reducing visceral fat, achieving cosmetic effects, promoting metabolism, stimulating immunity, relieving fatigue, ameliorating depression, etc.本發明係關於含有1-(3’,4’,5’-三羥基苯基)-3-(2”,4”,6”-三羥基苯基)-丙-2-醇之能量代謝亢進用組成物、交感神經活動亢進用組成物、脂肪燃燒促進用組成物、抗肥胖用組成物、或體溫上升用組成物。本發明之組成物係具有優異的能量代謝亢進作用、交感神經活動亢進作用、脂肪燃燒促進作用、抗肥胖(體重增加的抑制或體重的減少)作用、體溫上升作用，可期待例如體溫上升、虛冷性改善、抗肥胖、內臟脂肪減低、美容、新陳代謝促進、免疫賦活、抗疲勞、抗鬱等效果。
