Body fat distribution is a predictor of metabolic health in obesity. In this Classics in Diabetes
article, we revisit a 1985 Diabetes article by Swedish investigators Ohlson et al. This work …

Obesity is perhaps the longest studied and best described risk factor for type 2 diabetes.
Epidemiologic investigations have consistently shown an independent increased risk for …

Obesity has generally been associated with metabolic complications. However, not every
obese individual shows disturbances in carbohydrate and lipid metabolism. Therefore …

Fat distribution is considered to give important additional information to the degree of obesity
with respect to the risk of ischemic heart disease, diabetes mellitus type II, stroke and …

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 …

OBJECTIVE—Visceral adiposity is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease and
type 2 diabetes. We sought to determine whether change in intraabdominal fat area (IAF) …

The prevalence of obesity is rapidly increasing worldwide, and obesity is a well-known risk
factor for type 2 diabetes involving insulin resistance. In recent decades, marked …

Objective The study aimed to evaluate the effect of age on diabetes incidence by general
and central adiposity after 3‐year follow‐up in adults with prediabetes. Methods Data were …

The results refer to a 12-year longitudinal population study of women in Gothenburg,
Sweden. Correlations were studied between initial adipose tissue amount and adipose …

Abdominal obesity is closely associated with risk factors for cardiocerebrovascular disease
and NIDDM and the precipitation of these diseases. Together, they seem to constitute a …