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New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for ...

The researchers studied the diversity of fat cells in subcutaneous and intra-abdominal (visceral) fat tissues in humans. Their findings provide a basis for further research to promote personalized ...

Yeger-Lotem and colleagues examined samples of subcutaneous and visceral ... It's too early to know. If these fat subtypes ...

"Having a hard belly is like having a ticking time bomb in your body," says Jean-Pierre Despres, Ph.D., a professor of human nutrition ... visceral fat (it can be linked to subcutaneous fat ...

Not all fat is created equal when it comes to weight loss and health. While subcutaneous fat—the fat stored just under the skin—can be neutral or even beneficial, visceral fat is a different ...

Boys and girls start out with similar fat storage patterns, but puberty changes that. Women have more subcutaneous fat (the kind under the skin) than men, so those extra fat calories tend to be ...

Prof. Shan Tizhong's team at Zhejiang University discovered that lard derived from subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT), as a ...

This inevitably limits the skinfold methods for body fat estimation. Ultrasound accuracy for subcutaneous adipose tissue measurement is limited by the plasticity of fat and furrowed tissue borders.

Visceral fat — fat cells that reside in the abdomen close to the internal organs — is linked to a greater risk of various health problems than fat under the skin, known as subcutaneous fat.

The researchers studied the diversity of fat cells in subcutaneous and intra-abdominal (visceral) fat tissues in humans. Their findings provide a basis for further research to promote personalized ...