One study found dietary supplementation of freeze - dried strawberries to reduce total serum and LDL cholesterol and lipid peroxidation in adults
with abdominal adiposity and elevated cholesterol.
«We found that fitness is inversely associated
with both abdominal adiposity and low - grade inflammation independent of BMI,» says Wedell - Neergaard.
Not exact matches
The findings showed that genetic predisposition to
abdominal adiposity is associated
with significant increases in the incidence of Type 2 diabetes and coronary heart disease, along
with increases in blood lipids, blood glucose and systolic blood pressure.
No association was found between the genetic risk score and lifestyle factors and testing confirmed that only the
abdominal adiposity effects of the identified gene variants were associated
with cardiometabolic risk.
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).
When the
adiposity categories were adjusted for the same set of covariates (Table 6), individuals
with abdominal obesity had a higher mortality risk (HR, 1.25; 95 % CI, 1.00 - 1.56; P =.05), although this relationship did not persist after further adjustment for fitness (HR, 0.99; 95 % CI, 0.79 - 1.25; P =.95).
Asians have a unique body phenotype
with relatively lower BMI but increased
abdominal adiposity and body fat particularly visceral fat.
... continue If that's not enough to convince you, consider that alcohol increases belly fat.7 Bergmann MM, et al. «The association of lifetime alcohol use
with measures of
abdominal and general
adiposity in a large - scale European cohort.»
Effects of Daily Almond Consumption on Cardiometabolic Risk and
Abdominal Adiposity in Healthy Adults
With Elevated LDL - Cholesterol: A Randomized Controlled Trial.
~ Effect of high - amylose starch and oat bran on metabolic variables and bowel function in subjects
with hypertriglyceridemia (human study — full text) «We compared the effects of a diet in which 25 % of the carbohydrate was replaced by high - amylose starch
with those of a similar diet high in oat bran or low - amylose starch in 23 hypertriglyceridemic subjects who were overweight mostly because of
abdominal adiposity.
Objective To test the association of a polygenic risk score for waist - to - hip ratio (WHR) adjusted for body mass index (BMI), a measure of
abdominal adiposity,
with type 2 diabetes and CHD through the potential intermediates of blood lipids, blood pressure, and glycemic phenotypes.
Is genetic evidence consistent
with a causal relationship among waist - to - hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (a measure of
abdominal adiposity), type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease?
Question Is genetic evidence consistent
with a causal relationship among waist - to - hip ratio adjusted for body mass index (a measure of
abdominal adiposity), type 2 diabetes, and coronary heart disease?