Excess intra-abdominal adipose tissue accumulation, often termed visceral obesity, is part of
a phenotype including dysfunctional subcutaneous adipose tissue expansion and ectopic …

Objective Data: Fat mass has been shown to increase in aging women; however, the extent
to which menopausal status mediates these changes remains unclear. The purpose of this …

Methods for assessment, eg., anthropometric indicators and imaging techniques, of several
phenotypes of human obesity, with special reference to abdominal fat content, have been …

Background: The independent effects of diet-or exercise-induced weight loss on the
reduction of obesity and related comorbid conditions are not known. The effects of exercise …

Objective Cardiovascular disease is the first cause of mortality in women in North America.
The risk of cardiovascular disease increases sharply after middle age in women, especially …

There are likely many scenarios and pathways that can lead to metabolic syndrome. This
paper reviews mechanisms by which the accumulation of visceral adipose tissue (VAT) may …

Background Visceral adipose tissue (VAT), which is linked with the metabolic consequences
of obesity, is usually characterized by measuring VAT area at the L4–L5 vertebral …

Objective: To compare methods for the assessment of visceral fat with computed
tomography (CT) and establish cutoffs to define visceral obesity based on such alternative …

Fat distribution, especially increased visceral fat, may be as important as overall obesity in
increasing risk of heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain cancers. Risk of disease, as …

The independent relationships between visceral and abdominal sc adipose tissue (AT)
depots, muscle composition, and insulin sensitivity were examined in 40 abdominally obese …