• Elevated waist circumference, a crude anthropometric index of the absolute amount of visceral adipose tissue, better predicts the risk of developing the metabolic syndrome and related disorders than BMI. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • A preferential loss of visceral adipose tissue can improve cardiometabolic risk markers and insulin resistance variables. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Even without weight loss, physical activity can reduce visceral adipose tissue and improve indices of plasma glucose-insulin homeostasis. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • There is a wealth of evidence suggesting that visceral adipose tissue, insulin resistance, and the development of the metabolic syndrome and/or type 2 diabetes are closely linked [1,2]. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Although each component of the metabolic syndrome can be targeted separately through pharmacotherapy, it is also possible to take a more global therapeutic approach to treating the metabolic syndrome and/or type 2 diabetes by focusing on reducing excess atherogenic/diabetogenic visceral adipose tissue, which is often present in patients with the clustering abnormalities of this syndrome. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • As depicted in Figure 1, abdominally obese individuals should be encouraged to increase their daily energy expenditure in order to decrease visceral adipose tissue and improve their plasma lipoprotein-lipid profile and indices of plasma glucose-insulin homeostasis. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Typically, this loss of visceral adipose tissue reduces free fatty acid flux to the liver, which slows hepatic VLDL production, lowers plasma triglyceride and apolipoprotein B levels, and increases HDL cholesterol concentrations [5]. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • 1 Waist circumference has been shown to be the anthropometric index that best predicts the distribution of adipose tissue in fat compartments such as the abdominal region. (psychiatrist.com)
  • The purpose of the study was to validate indirect Dual-energy X-ray Absorptiometry technique and abdominal circumference measurement as tools to predict visceral adipose tissue in rats. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Routine evaluation of an expression of weight not adiposity [ 11 ] regional fat distribution on a wide scale and it provides no information on body fat requires methods that are simpler than distribution, so it can mask true obesity- dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA), related risk in children [ 3 ]. (who.int)
  • Whole body dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) can simultaneously evaluate both fat and muscle mass, therefore, whole body DXA may be suitable for the diagnosis of sarcopenic obesity. (biomedcentral.com)
  • There is a sity (whether total or central), and to quan- suggestion that waist circumference alone tify the association of waist circumference may be a more useful and accurate tool in measurements with age and degree of BMI children than DXA etc. [ 6 ]. (who.int)
  • ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study of 1283 healthy children (681 boys, 602 girls) aged 6-11 years tested the degree of correlation between waist circumference measurements and adiposity. (who.int)
  • The ability of simple anthropometric add valuable comparative data to BMI techniques to correctly measure central data in assessment of central fatness in adiposity needs to be assessed because overweight and obese children. (who.int)
  • However, degree of correlation between waist circum- studies on the efficacy of anthropometric ference measurements of a sample of techniques for identifying children with Egyptian schoolchildren with their adipo- high central adiposity are scare. (who.int)
  • It is well established that abdominal adiposity is a strong predictor of morbidity and mortality independent of BMI ( 1 , 2 ). (diabetesjournals.org)
  • 95%). Height and weight were measured, body mass index (BMI), fat free mass (FFM), total body water (TBW), body fat mass (BFM), percentage of body fat (%BF), skeletal muscle mass (SMM), FFM of both upper limbs and lower limbs and FFM of trunk were estimated according to In-body 270. (preprints.org)
  • For both sexes a highly positive correlation was found between waist circumference and BMI, percentage of body fat, subscapular and suprailiac skinfold thicknesses, and the sum of skinfold measures. (who.int)
  • Sarcopenic obesity was defined as the coexistence of low SMI and obesity determined by four patterns of obesity as follows: android to gynoid ratio (A/G ratio), android fat mass or percentage of body fat (%BF) was higher than the sex-specific median, or body mass index (BMI) was equal to or greater than 25 kg/m 2 . (biomedcentral.com)
  • Measuring body fat can be cumbersome (ie, measuring the percentage of body fat). (psychiatrist.com)
  • There was a significant reduction of the visceral fat area and body weight in the treatment group at 8weeks compared to baseline particularly in those with the highest amount of visceral fat. (medcraveonline.com)
  • For males, visceral fat is even a strong predictor of overall mortality, independent of weight and BMI ( 7 ). (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • 3 - 6 Mortality from coronary artery disease was also found to be higher in individuals with normal BMI and abdominal obesity. (jomes.org)
  • However, the risk of future disease is "probably a more important measure of health than all cause mortality," said Tom Sanders, professor emeritus of nutrition and dietetics at King's College London, who was not involved in the study. (crohnscolitisprofessional.org)
  • We hypothesized that individual and neighbor- with cardiovascular events (6-8) and differences in the relation- hood factors would differentially influence the relationship ship between waist circumference and CVD mortality between between waist circumference and CHD in race-sex subgroups and non-Hispanic African American and non-Hispanic White popula- that African American participants would have less favorable tions (9). (cdc.gov)
  • In addition to its ties to abdominal obesity, the metabolic syndrome has also been linked to blood lipid disorders, an inflammatory and pro-thrombotic state, hypertension, and insulin resistance. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • The contribution of various lifestyle and therapeutic interventions to reducing body weight, abdominal fat in particular, and preventing insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes is examined below. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Significantly, the lifestyle intervention program reduced waist circumference by 4.4 ± 5.2 cm and improved both glucose-insulin homeostasis variables and lipoprotein-lipid parameters associated with the metabolic syndrome. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • The term metabolic syndrome (MS) is used to describe a cluster of metabolic disorders: insulin resistance (IR) or hyperglycemia, abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia (high very-low-density lipoprotein-triglyceride [VLDL-TG] concentration and low plasma high-density lipoprotein cholesterol [HDL-C]), and essential hypertension (HTN). (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • This new ability to measure both plasma glucose and insulin concentration allowed the development of oral glucose tolerance testing ( 7 ) and the glucose clamp techniques ( 8 ). (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • These and subsequent studies showed that more insulin-resistant subjects had greater plasma insulin concentration, VLDL-TG, and plasma glucose during the oral glucose tolerance test than did insulin-sensitive subjects, findings supporting the relationship between IR and MS ( 26 ). (basicmedicalkey.com)
  • Visceral fat surrounds organs in the abdominal cavity and is metabolically active, producing hormones and inflammatory substances that contribute to insulin resistance. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • It has been found that too much visceral fat can cause insulin resistance, leading to type II diabetes and glucose intolerance (3, 4). (styleup.clothing)
  • However, even in the absence of the hyperglycaemic state which characterizes type 2 diabetic patients, non diabetic individuals with a specific form of obesity, named abdominal obesity, often show clustering metabolic abnormalities which include high triglyceride levels, increased apolipoprotein B, small dense low density lipoproteins and decreased high density lipoproteins-cholesterol levels, a hyperinsulinemic-insulin resistant state, alterations in coagulation factors as well as an inflammatory profile. (researchgate.net)
  • Then, we analyzed the effects on waist circumference, glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR index and uric acid compared to a control group of 19 overweight adolescents who did not receive any intervention. (bvsalud.org)
  • Overweight youth are more susceptible to metabolic disorders, since the accumulation of body fat, especially in the abdominal region, generates an increase in fatty acids circulating in the bloodstream, which consequently impairs insulin signaling and leads to a reduction in sensitivity of receptors and tissue response to cellular actions that are mediated by this hormone 1,3,4 . (bvsalud.org)
  • Studies on the accumulation of abdominal fat mass in animals could help to better understand the mechanisms of metabolic syndrome development but the techniques of investigation are lacking. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Post-mortem analyses of coronary arteries have indicated that obesity (associated with a high accumulation of abdominal fat measured at autopsy) was predictive of earlier and greater extent of large vessels atherosclerosis as well as increase of coronary fatty streaks. (researchgate.net)
  • In particular, this type of fat accumulates around the organs and can impede their function. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • Visceral fat accumulates around the organs in the abdominal area and harms overall health. (spavelous.com)
  • All subjects underwent body weight check, abdominal circumference measurements and visceral fat analysis by CT scan at baseline, weeks 2, 4, and 8. (medcraveonline.com)
  • There are some differences among ethnicities though, Asians, generally, have lower waist circumference measurements, so to get a deeper assessment consider the following measures to go a bit further. (plantimize.com)
  • The main issue for clinicians or researchers is to use techniques for assessing abdominal fat deposition and its accumulation or changes over time, without sacrificing of experimental subjects. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Obesity is not just the deposition of excess fat and the formation of cellulite, but primarily a disorder of the endocrine and circulatory systems and metabolism. (styleup.clothing)
  • In 2009, the American Heart Association/National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute and International Association for the Study of Obesity defined abdominal obesity in Asians as a waist circumference of ≥90 cm for males and ≥80 cm for females. (jomes.org)
  • The authors suggested that steps should be taken to address components of the metabolic syndrome, such as waist circumference, in order to reduce the risk of developing the syndrome and related complications such as type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • The accumulation of visceral fat around the midsection has been linked to a range of health issues, including diabetes, cardiovascular disease, and hypertension. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • Abdominal obesity predisposes individuals to cardiovascular disease, but the data in adults with normal body mass index (BMI) are relatively rare. (jomes.org)
  • This study aimed to evaluate the characteristics of subjects with normal BMI and abdominal obesity and to identify the relationship between central obesity and cardiovascular risk factors in normal BMI adults in Korea. (jomes.org)
  • Through logistic regression, we analyzed the factors influencing abdominal obesity and the relationship between abdominal obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. (jomes.org)
  • Cardiovascular risk factors were associated with abdominal obesity in Korean adults with normal BMI. (jomes.org)
  • 2 Moreover, recent studies have shown that abdominal obesity, rather than obesity simply defined by BMI, is more highly correlated with cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. (jomes.org)
  • According to studies in the United States and Canada, individuals with normal BMI and abdominal obesity showed higher risks of cardiovascular diseases compared to individuals classified as obese according to BMI without abdominal obesity. (jomes.org)
  • The main hazard of overweight (BMI 25 - 29.9) and moderate obesity (BMI 30-35) is a three times greater risk of developing diabetes which contributes to cardiovascular disease, renal failure and blindness," he said in a statement. (crohnscolitisprofessional.org)
  • A waist measuring more than 35" would put you at risk of not only abdominal obesity, but also vascular, including cardiovascular, and metabolic, disease. (plantimize.com)
  • Obesity is a well-established risk factor for coronary heart disease ence the relationship between waist circumference and CHD in (CHD) (1-4) and has been associated with higher rates of death at- race-sex subgroups by using data from the longitudinal cohort in tributable to cardiovascular disease (CVD) (5). (cdc.gov)
  • waist-hip ratio with Cardiopneumologia pela Escola de Saúde alcoholism, arterial hypertension, diabetes mellitus and family history of cardiovascular disease. (bvsalud.org)
  • Especialista em Enfermagem em abdominal circumference, body mass index, waist-to-height ratio) had statistical significance with Unidade de Terapia Intensiva pelo Centro only two cardiovascular risk factors. (bvsalud.org)
  • Anthropometric indicators, especially the conicity index and waist-hip ratio, ² Mestrado e Doutorado em Enfermagem can be used to track cardiovascular risk factors in military police officers. (bvsalud.org)
  • This agglomeration of abnormalities has been referred to as the metabolic syndrome which can be identified by the presence of three of the five following variables: abdominal obesity, elevated triglyceride concentrations, low HDL-cholesterol levels, increased blood pressure and elevated fasting glucose. (researchgate.net)
  • Belly fat, also known as visceral fat, is a type of body fat that is stored deep within the abdominal cavity. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • Because if you have an apple-shaped body , the fat is deposited in the belly, and most of it is in the abdominal cavity. (styleup.clothing)
  • One reason is the connection between belly fat and testosterone. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • That outcome can lead to low energy and increased belly fat. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • And, more importantly, how do you decrease belly fat? (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • But, belly fat also has its own specific issues. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • This can be considered the outer layer of fat and is roughly the same in the belly as elsewhere in the body. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • This is sometimes considered a type of belly fat and sometimes viewed as independent. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • Now, visual belly fat and visceral fat aren't directly associated. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • So, you can have a large belly and hardly any visceral fat, while the reverse can be true as well. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • Nevertheless, people with excess belly fat are more likely to have high levels of visceral fat as well ( 14 , 15 ). (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • This reinforces the significance of weight loss, especially if you have noticeable belly fat. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • As such, finding ways to reduce belly fat is critical for promoting health. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • So, what about the connection between belly fat and testosterone? (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • There are many claims out there suggesting that increasing testosterone can help you lose belly fat. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • That idea isn't strictly accurate but there is a connection between testosterone and belly fat. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • In particular, low testosterone often contributes to the development of belly fat. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • What's more, this can create a dangerous cycle - because belly fat can decrease testosterone production as well ( 25 ). (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • So, your belly fat ends up lowering your testosterone levels, which then promotes belly fat, which lowers your testosterone… and so on. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • Of all the e-mails I receive daily, the most common - men and women alike - are questions about losing stubborn belly fat. (spavelous.com)
  • Belly/abdominal fat is a common problem many want to address, as it poses health risks and affects appearance. (spavelous.com)
  • Stress, hormones, aging, and lifestyle habits can all contribute to the development of belly fat. (spavelous.com)
  • Reducing belly fat includes measuring the waist to track progress, managing stress, getting enough sleep, exercising, eating a balanced diet, and reducing alcohol intake. (spavelous.com)
  • The article provides practical tips to lose belly fat for health and appearance. (spavelous.com)
  • Anyone who watched Dr. Oz on Oprah saw what that belly fat looks like. (spavelous.com)
  • This edition of Spavelous's "Now You Are In The Know" will look closer at this belly fat concern. (spavelous.com)
  • Belly Fat Blast-off: Is It Crunches or Sit-Ups That Deliver Better Results? (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • Belly fat is a common issue among many people worldwide, and it is something that we all dread. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • Having excess belly fat not only affects our confidence and appearance but also poses a serious risk to our health. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • If you are struggling with belly fat and want to learn more about what you can do to combat it, you have come to the right place. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • In this article, we will discuss everything you need to know about belly fat: what it is, why it's harmful, and what you can do to reduce it. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • What is belly fat (also called visceral fat) and why someone with the so-called apple-shaped body ( O-Shape according to StyleUp ) should be more worried than a person with a pear-shaped body ( A-Shape according to StyleUp )? (styleup.clothing)
  • Here in this article, I write not only about how to naturally get rid of belly fat, and why this type of fat is more harmful to health than other types of fat, but also about the biological reasons behind obesity and why your body deposits fat. (styleup.clothing)
  • Meaning, if you will pursue this type of lifestyle, your belly fat will also stay away. (styleup.clothing)
  • Also, men fare a bit worse here, as they tend to deposit fat around their bellies throughout their lives whereas women less so, before menopause, going mainly on the hips first, but afterwards, belly fat builds up more readily in women, as well. (plantimize.com)
  • Chronic stress leads to elevated cortisol, which causes fat storage around organs. (spavelous.com)
  • It is called the Omentum, and it is fat that surrounds your organs. (spavelous.com)
  • Cortisol affects fat distribution by causing fat to be stored centrally around the organs. (spavelous.com)
  • Cortisol exposure can increase visceral fat-the fat surrounding animal organs. (spavelous.com)
  • The visceral fat in the abdomen is a fatty tissue that is located in vital organs and the space between them. (styleup.clothing)
  • Most health issues arise though due to the fat we can't see, or the visceral fat, which builds up around our internal organs such as the liver and our intestines. (plantimize.com)
  • People who live to 100 years have lower measures of creatinine, glucose and uric acid in their blood compared to those with a comparatively shorter lifespan, researchers say. (medicaldaily.com)
  • The intervention program proved to be efficient in reducing waist circumference, HOMA-IR and uric acid levels of overweight adolescents. (bvsalud.org)
  • Several lifestyle intervention trials have highlighted the fact that increasing physical activity and adopting healthy eating habits can reduce body weight and waist circumference and lower the risk of developing diabetes in patients with impaired glucose tolerance. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • As a result of such a diet, a large amount of glucose is rapidly converted into fat. (styleup.clothing)
  • AIP, TyG, NLR, hs-CRP, BMI, total body fat and visceral fat volume were significantly higher and the SEVR and 6MWD significantly lower in the amputees versus the injured-non-amputees and uninjured groups. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • 9 Asians are known to have more severe abdominal obesity than Caucasians with identical BMIs leading to the suggestion that different diagnostic criteria should be applied to different races. (jomes.org)
  • In simple terms, get this measurement by measuring the fattest area around your waist. (plantimize.com)
  • A decrease in the visceral fat and body weight over 8weeks was significant only in the treatment group, suggesting future studies are warranted. (medcraveonline.com)
  • Abstract the relationship between waist circumference and development of CHD but differentially influenced incident CHD among race-sex subgroups. (cdc.gov)
  • Multivariate linear regression (MLR), artificial neural network (ANNs) and regression tree (RT) statistical analysis methods were evaluated to determine their efficacy to predict body fat, lean and bone. (preprints.org)
  • The results showed a correlation between fat, lean and bone determined by CT and the fat, lean, bone weight estimated by live weight and body parameters calculated using the image processing application with R2 values of 0.90 for fat, 0.72 for lean and 0.50 for bone using ANNs statistical model. (preprints.org)
  • By the third exposure to stress, lean women with abdominal fat still consistently secreted more cortisol in response to stressful lab tasks than women with peripheral fat. (spavelous.com)
  • When dividing the whole group into lean and fat rats, correlations remained significant between Central Fat Mass and ex-vivo Fat Mass but disappeared for the lean group between abdominal circumference and ex-vivo Fat Mass. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Metabolic syndrome linked to abdominal obesity is also predictive of recurrent coronary events both in post-myocardial infarction patients and among coronary artery disease men who underwent a revascularization procedures. (researchgate.net)
  • Coronary Heart Disease in the REasons for Geographic and Racial posure was sex-specific quartiles of waist circumference. (cdc.gov)
  • This also means that BMI is an incomplete measure and may not correctly assess your risk of heart disease and other conditions ( 9 , 10 , 11 ). (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • This pattern is also why many studies have found links between abdominal circumference and health risk ( 17 , 18 ). (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • Likewise, waist circumference can be a better indicator of health risk than BMI ( 19 , 20 ), although some recommendations suggest using both as measures ( 21 ). (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • We therefore believed that an exami- lar risk [ 3 ] and increased risk of metabolic nation of waist circumference in a group complications [ 4 ]. (who.int)
  • Although both abdominal fat and low CRF are significant predictors of health risk, the independent contribution of these two factors is not firmly established. (diabetesjournals.org)
  • The fat then creates an inflammatory process that irritates your arteries and puts you at risk for blocked arteries. (spavelous.com)
  • The present data suggest that the whole body DXA is valuable in the diagnosis of sarcopenic obesity (high A/G ratio or android fat mass with low SMI) to determine the risk of CVD events in patients with type 2 diabetes. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This type of body fat has been linked to increased risk for a variety of health problems including heart disease, stroke, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • Studies have shown that carrying excess weight around the midsection, specifically visceral fat, can increase the risk of developing chronic diseases such as type 2 diabetes, heart disease, and certain cancers. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • As a result, individuals with too much visceral fat are at greater risk of developing metabolic syndrome. (bellyfatsystems.com)
  • Women with lower socioeconomic status and men in need of walking exercise also had a higher risk of abdominal obesity. (jomes.org)
  • Excess visceral fat is thought to also be a risk factor for developing certain cancers (5, 6). (styleup.clothing)
  • To determine the effect of ashitaba chalcone powder on risk factors associated with metabolic syndrome such as body weight, waist circumference and visceral fat. (medcraveonline.com)
  • It is suggested that until the epidemic progression of obesity is stopped and obesity prevented or at least properly managed, cardiologists will be confronted to an evolving contribution of risk factors where smoking, hypercholesterolemia and hypertension may be relatively less prevalent but at the expense of a much greater contribution of abdominal obesity and related features of the metabolic syndrome. (researchgate.net)
  • For men, a waist measuring more than 40" would put you at risk. (plantimize.com)
  • The ac- and is the best indicator of changes in the intra- cumulation of both types of fat is affected abdominal fat during weight loss [ 8 ]. (who.int)
  • Sometimes, it is not about the weight the scale says you are, but more about other factors such as where you carry your weight (fat), cholesterol levels, and other health factors. (spavelous.com)
  • Forty-three Wistar male rats from different body weight, fat mass and ages were included in the study. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In rodents, the total body weight measure does not give relevant information about body composition, which is an essential parameter in this kind of investigation. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Randomized controlled clinical trials indicate that a HAES approach is associated with statistically and clinically relevant improvements in physiological measures (e.g., blood pressure, blood lipids), health behaviors (e.g., eating and activity habits, dietary quality), and psychosocial outcomes (such as self-esteem and body image), and that HAES achieves these health outcomes more successfully than weight loss treatment and without the contraindications associated with a weight focus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Civil rights groups including the National Association to Advance Fat Acceptance and the Council on Size and Weight Discrimination also encourage HAES. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These results suggest that more careful management of abdominal obesity in those with normal weight is necessary. (jomes.org)
  • Also known as BMI, the calculation measures a person's body fat based on height and weight. (crohnscolitisprofessional.org)
  • Why your waist circumference reveals more than your weight or BMI. (plantimize.com)
  • And what's our preferred tool for measuring body weight? (plantimize.com)
  • Your BMI (your weight divided by your height) can be a bit more telling than just weight alone but it doesn't account for how much of your weight is fat or muscle, nor where it's located on your body, and that's important to know. (plantimize.com)
  • 3] found that the best predictors of incident metabolic syndrome over a 5 year follow-up were waist circumference, HDL cholesterol, and proinsulin levels. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Not only is a firm but flat stomach the ultimate symbol of sex appeal, researchers have also found that losing abdominal fat is one of the most essential steps to staying healthy for life. (spavelous.com)
  • we found no association between waist circumference and incident CHD whom we found no relationship between waist circumference and among African American men. (cdc.gov)
  • We found that CALERIE intervention slowed the pace of aging, as measured by the DunedinPACE DNAm algorithm, but did not lead to significant changes in biological age estimates measured by various DNAm clocks including PhenoAge and GrimAge. (cdc.gov)
  • There were no significant differences between groups in primary endpoints or safety measures. (medcraveonline.com)
  • METHODS: In a prospective cohort study, we recruited 132 individuals newly diagnosed with IPF and measured 4MGS change over 6 months. (imperial.ac.uk)
  • Thankfully, the methods of decreasing visceral fat levels are the same as losing fat overall ( 22 ). (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • Statistical methods were used to discriminate the best region of interest allowing the in-vivo measure of Central Fat Mass by DXA. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Because abdominal obesity is predisposed to various metabolic disorders, it is of major importance to assess and track the changes with time of this specific fat mass. (biomedcentral.com)
  • In that study, a sample of 522 middle-aged men and women, who were all overweight with IGT, were randomly assigned to an intervention group designed to lower total intake of fat (especially saturated fats) to less than 30% of energy consumed, increase intake of dietary fibre, and ensure participants took part in moderate exercise for at least 30 minutes per day. (myhealthywaist.org)
  • Android fat mass (kg), gynoid fat mass (kg), and skeletal muscle index (SMI) calculated as appendicular non-fat mass (kg) divided by height squared (m 2 ), were measured using whole body DXA. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Regardless of location, excess fat is never good for health. (nutritionyoucanuse.com)
  • The most basic definition of obesity refers to having excess fat. (psychiatrist.com)
  • Most importantly, why is it so hard to keep this excess fat away in the long term and why does it sometimes come back in double? (styleup.clothing)
  • I sincerely hope that after finding out these reasons why your body works this way, it will be easier for you to have friendly relationships with your body again, and get rid of this excess fat. (styleup.clothing)
  • The excess of lipid provided by food is stored in localized sites (abdomen, liver, hips) and becomes pathological, disturbing a great number of metabolic functions and contributing to the rise in metabolic syndrome [ 1 ]. (biomedcentral.com)
  • This study validates the Central Fat Mass determined by DXA as a non-sacrificial technique to assess visceral fat for in-vivo investigations in rats. (biomedcentral.com)
  • People with an apple shaped body generally have much more of this visceral fat when compared to the pear shaped people. (plantimize.com)