There is strong evidence that visceral fat is the most harmful, particularly excess fat that manifests as an expanding ...

Obesity elevates the risk of type 2 diabetes. The rising obesity rates are closely linked to increasing diabetes cases in ...

Variability of degrees of insulin resistance of different forms of adipose tissue have become a subject of great interest; specifically, adipose tissue in the trunk (upper body obesity ...

Multiple causes of an increased plasma NEFA exist. Whole-body obesity is one cause. Another important cause is upper body obesity in which adipose tissue is unusually resistant to the action of ...