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Dietary determinants of changes in waist circumference adjusted for body mass index - a proxy measure of visceral adiposity [PDF]

open access: yes, 2010
Background Given the recognized health effects of visceral fat, the understanding of how diet can modulate changes in the phenotype “waist circumference for a given body mass index (WCBMI)”, a proxy measure of visceral adiposity, is deemed necessary ...
Feskens, EJM   +34 more
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Visceral fat and respiratory complications

open access: yesDiabetes, Obesity and Metabolism, 2004
In the last 20 years, fat distribution has been considered a crucial causative factor of the excess morbidity and mortality found in obese patients. Several experimental evidences definitely linked visceral fat accumulation to metabolic disturbances [1–5].
Luca, Busetto, Giueseppe, Sergi
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Genome-Wide Association of Body Fat Distribution in African Ancestry Populations Suggests New Loci [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Central obesity, measured by waist circumference (WC) or waist-hip ratio (WHR), is a marker of body fat distribution. Although obesity disproportionately affects minority populations, few studies have conducted genome-wide association study (GWAS) of fat
Burke, Gregory L.   +431 more
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DOSE BODY FAT MASS DEFINE SURVIVAL IN PATIENTS STARTING PERITONEAL DIALYSIS?

open access: yesKidney Research and Clinical Practice, 2012
Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is characterized by a gain in fat mass. In contrast to subcutaneous fat, visceral fat is associated with metabolic syndrome and survival. We prospectively examined whether the visceral or subcutaneous fat could define outcomes in
Soo Jeong Choi   +5 more
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High visceral fat-to-muscle ratio is an independent factor that predicts worse overall survival in patients with primary epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer

open access: yesJournal of Ovarian Research, 2023
Background The intra-abdominal cavity, surrounded by adipocytes, is the main metastatic site of epithelial ovarian, fallopian tube, and peritoneal cancer.
Sooji Ham   +3 more
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Visceral fat and gut inflammation

open access: yesNutrition, 2012
The etiology of inflammatory bowel disease and, in particular, Crohn's disease involves a deregulated mucosal immune system under the influence of intestinal flora and environmental factors in genetically susceptible individuals. A new hypothesis has focused on mesenteric fat hypertrophy and the presence of ectopic fat surrounding inflamed bowel, the ...
Drouet, Maryline   +3 more
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Adiposity is associated with blunted cardiovascular, neuroendocrine and cognitive responses to acute mental stress [PDF]

open access: yes, 2012
This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited - Copyright @ 2012
Vivek Muthurangu   +35 more
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Topographical body fat distribution links to amino acid and lipid metabolism in healthy obese women [corrected]. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2013
Visceral adiposity is increasingly recognized as a key condition for the development of obesity related disorders, with the ratio between visceral adipose tissue (VAT) and subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) reported as the best correlate of ...
Francois-Pierre J Martin   +15 more
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Identifying Predictors of the Visceral Fat Index in the Obese and Overweight Population to Manage Obesity: A Randomized Intervention Study

open access: yesObesity Facts, 2020
Introduction: Nowadays, obesity is one of the main causes of death and disability. In recent years, it has been shown that the excess and distribution of body fat increases morbidity, with excess visceral fat being the most important factor that triggers
Lourdes López-Hernández   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Associations between diet, physical activity and body fat distribution: a cross sectional study in an Indian population. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
BACKGROUND: Obesity is a growing health problem in India and worldwide, due to changes in lifestyle. This study aimed to explore the independent associations between dietary and physical activity exposure variables and total body fat and distribution in ...
Krishna, K V Radha   +14 more
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