Subcutaneous fat is stored just beneath the skin and can be pinched with your fingers. Visceral fat lies deep within the abdominal walls and surrounds the organs. Visceral fat tends to cause bad ...

Visceral fat, the deep belly fat surrounding your abdominal organs, can significantly impact your health if left unchecked. Unlike subcutaneous fat, which sits under the skin, visceral fat is ...

But should you actually cut them out of your diet? First, it's important to note that there are two types of body fat: subcutaneous and visceral. Subcutaneous fat lies right below the skin ...

There are two different types of belly fat: one would be the subcutaneous belly fat, which is directly under the skin.

It can be tricky to tell if you're losing visceral fat since you'll likely be losing subcutaneous fat too. According to Michael Russo, MD, a bariatric surgeon at MemorialCare Surgical Weight Loss ...

Waist circumference is a stronger predictor of obesity-related cancer risk than BMI in men, but not in women, due to ...

A sedentary lifestyle (i.e., barely exercising) is linked to having higher amounts of that hard-belly visceral fat (it can be linked to subcutaneous fat, too). Women are more likely to store fat ...

We measured meal fatty acid oxidation and uptake into subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue. The null hypothesis was that the efficiency of meal fat uptake (in milligrams meal fat per gram ...

New research suggests that a larger waist circumference is a bigger risk factor than body mass index (BMI) for obesity-related cancers — but only for men, not for women. Experts weighed in.

Visceral fat, sometimes referred to as belly fat, can increase the risk of chronic diseases. Mindless and distracted eating may make it harder to lose visceral fat. Eating mindfully may prevent ...