Body composition differs between men and women. Men have more lean mass, and women
have more fat mass than men. Men are more likely to accumulate adipose tissue around the …

Background Body composition differs between men and women, with women having
proportionally more fat mass and men more muscle mass. Although men and women are …

Background Despite increasing research and clinical significance, limited information is
available on how the visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue (VAT and SAT) …

Women have more body fat than men, but in contrast to the deleterious metabolic
consequences of the central obesity typical of men, the pear-shaped body fat distribution of …

Given that the variation in how regional adipose tissue handles and stores excess dietary
energy has substantial cardiometabolic implications, ectopic fat distribution might be an …

Background We examined the associations among 8 different fat depots accumulated in
various anatomic regions and the relationship between these fat depots and multiple …

This article is part of a Special Issue “Energy Balance”. Obesity and its associated
comorbidities remain at epidemic levels globally and show no signs of abatement in either …

Obesity, characterized by excessive adiposity, is a risk factor for many metabolic
pathologies, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Numerous studies have shown that …

The prevalence of obesity has dramatically increased over the past decade along with the
cardiovascular and other health risks it encompasses. Adipose tissue, which is distributed in …

The average of overweight individual can have differential fat depots in target organs or
specific compartments of the body. This ectopic fat distribution may be more of a predictive …