It has become increasingly apparent that body fat distribution rather than total body fat
correlates with the metabolic and cardiovascular complications of being overweight, at least …

The distribution of adipose tissue thickness, fat cell weight (FCW), and number (FCN) were
studied in four regions in randomly selected middle-aged men and women and in 930 …

In the last fi~ w years, heterogeneity in the pattern of obesity and the metabolic abnormalities
associated with regional excess of adipose tissue have been increasingly recognized …

Although independent associations of visceral fat with the insulin resistance syndrome were
previously reported in obese women, the importance of truncal subcutaneous fat in this …

Obesity has been associated with numerous metabolic complications, such as changes in
the concentration and/or composition of plasma lipoproteins, glucose intolerance and …

Cross‐sectional studies have shown that a central distribution of adipose tissue is
associated with increased risk of metabolic complications and cardiovascular morbidity …

In the previous section some recommendations made by the consensus panel of the NIH in
Bethesda, Maryland in 1985 were cited. From the reports of the panel it was clear that …

The relation between obesity and noninsulin-dependent diabetes mellitus is established.
The weak association between obesity and cardiovascular disease or stroke might be …

Humans are now among the fattest of all mammals. While fat serves as insulation from the
cold in other mammals, most, although not all, fat appears to serve as an energy reserve in …

Studies comparing adipose tissue metabolism in central versus peripheral fat depots have
generated equivocal data. We examined whether regional differences in abdominal …