visceral-fat
3 stories tagged "visceral-fat"
Metabolic & Weight
Seven Workouts Shrank Obese Mice's Fat Cells, and the Scale Never Moved
Obese mice did seven strength sessions in a week. Their visceral fat cells got smaller and the fat-burning machinery switched back on, while the number on the scale sat exactly where it started.
Metabolic & WeightThe Cheapest Measurement in the Exam Room Beat BMI and the Lancet's Four-Part Obesity Formula
BMI flagged 37 percent of the adults a body-fat scan called obese. On overall accuracy, a cloth tape around the waist caught far more and edged out the four-measurement framework built to fix BMI.
Metabolic & WeightObesity Stopped Denting Older Adults' Metabolic Numbers: In the Young It's Biting Harder Than Ever
For middle-aged and older adults, extra weight no longer tracks with the cardiovascular damage it once did. For the young, the same fat is biting harder and earlier. The lab panels converged; the fat didn't.