Methods for assessment, eg., anthropometric indicators and imaging techniques, of several
phenotypes of human obesity, with special reference to abdominal fat content, have been …

The regulation of adipose tissue distribution is an important problem in view of the close
epidemiological and metabolic associations between centralized fat accumulation and …

Adipose tissue distribution in man is dependent on genetic and environmental factors. The
total and regional masses of adipose tissue are dependent on the number of adipocytes as …

Genetic, nervous, endocrine and metabolic factors exert their regulating functions at different
stages in the process of accumulating fat depots. Various studies have indicated that female …

It is well recognized that persons with generalized obesity suffer from a high risk of insulin
resistance and its metabolic complications, such as type 2 diabetes mellitus …

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 …

Anatomically, an organ is defined as a series of tissues which jointly perform one or more
interconnected functions. The adipose organ qualifies for this definition as it is made up of …

This review gives a broad description of some of the changes in adipose tissue seen in
obesity. There are multiple changes in adipose tissue in obesity: histological, neural and …

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 …

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 …