• However, an individual with excessive visceral adipose tissue will continually send large amounts of fat to the liver, leading to fat accumulation in the liver cells (ectopic fat) and the development of non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. (drbazire.uk)
  • This has resonance because ectopic fat accumulation appears to represent a central component of disease progression regardless of whether obesity is also part of the equation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Fat distribution occurs in women because estrogen lessens the adipose distribution to the abdominal region and stimulates fat growth in the gluteofemoral region. (wikipedia.org)
  • Obesity is mainly characterized by excessive accumulation of adipose tissue, primarily due to an imbalance between energy intake and expenditure. (bvsalud.org)
  • While estrogen lessens the production of fat in the abdominal region, testosterone stimulates the growth of fat in the abdominal region. (wikipedia.org)
  • That is, torso fat, particularly in the abdominal region is the first to go and the extremities are last. (t-nation.com)
  • It appears most frequently in the gluteofemoral and abdominal regions. (scirp.org)
  • To prevent the center of gravity in a woman's body from being off balance, it is believed that evolution could have favored fat deposits in the gluteal region and the thighs. (wikipedia.org)
  • Sex hormones play an important role in specific regions of the body helping with the regulation and accumulation of fat. (wikipedia.org)