Sentences with phrase «central abdominal fat»

Neither carbohydrate nor dietary fat intake was associated with percent central abdominal fat, which highlights the importance of protein intake.

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The new fat deposits in skeletal muscles takes up much of this fat, as do the fat cells in and around the abdominal organs leading to the central obesity that is an important component of metabolic syndrome.

Metabolic syndrome describes an obese person with central or abdominal obesity (a fat stomach) who also tends to have a poor cholesterol profile, high blood sugar and insulin and the attendant insulin resistance, high blood pressure, and clogged arteries.

Also known as abdominal obesity or central obesity, visceral obesity refers to excess fat in the abdominal cavity that causes low - grade inflammation.

After one year, the researchers measured the women for what they call «central obesity,» the accumulation of abdominal fat resulting in an increased waist size.

Therefore, subcutaneous fat is mainly seen in limbs where as the visceral fat is mainly seen as abdominal obesity or central obesity («pot belly» or «beer belly»).