T HE ROLE of inherited and nongenetic factors in individual differences observed in the
level of sc fat on the trunk and abdominal areas and in the abdominal visceral deposit is …

Our studies support the view that body fat distribution and the accompanying metabolic
abnormalities could be exacerabated by variability in the androgenic/estrogenic balance …

Upper body fat and abdominal visceral fat are two obesity-related phenotypes of interest
because of their relationships with a variety of metabolic complications. The heritability of the …

Objectives The abdominal visceral fat depot is considered to be the most atherogenic,
diabetogenic and hypertensiogenic fat depot of the human body. Although the amount of …

This book was developed over a period of about two years with two main objectives in mind:
to compile the evidence currently available about the role of genetic differences in the …

The importance of body fat distribution as a predictor of metabolic aberrations was evaluated
in 9 nonobese and 25 obese, apparently healthy women. Plasma glucose and insulin levels …

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 …

The anatomical distribution of adipose tissue seems to play a role in some of the medical
morbidity that accompanies obesity. The biological mechanisms for the association between …

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 …

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 …