Sentences with phrase «changes in abdominal fat»

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Researchers also grouped participants into three groups according to abdominal adipose tissue volume and density change; they found that those with greater increases in fat volume and more decreases in fat density had relatively higher incidence of heart disease risk factors.

Aging and in particular menopause transition, with loss of estrogen production, is associated with changes in body shape and a preferential increase of abdominal fat in women shifting to the android «visceral adiposity» (23).

«Also, women at menopause and post menopause deposit more fat in the abdominal area, so it's actually a hormonal physiological change which occurs with the reduction of oestrogen.

«Factors Associated with Percent Change in Visceral Versus Subcutaneous Abdominal Fat during Weight Loss: Findings from a Systematic Review,» International Journal of Obesity, 32, 619 - 628.

Low testosterone has been correlated with unwanted changes in body composition such as increased abdominal fat and decreased muscle mass.16 - 20 Unfortunately, abdominal fat affects organs like the heart, liver and kidneys more adversely than fat anywhere else, in terms of cardiovascular risk.