News tagged with visceral fat

Depression linked with accumulation of visceral fat

Numerous studies have shown that depression is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, but exactly how has never been clear.

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 28, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 0

Not enough vitamin D in the diet could mean too much fat on adolescents

Too little vitamin D could be bad for more than your bones; it may also lead to fatter adolescents, researchers say.

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 12, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Discrimination linked to increase in toxic abdominal fat

A new study by the Yale School of Public Health (YSPH) finds that middle-aged women who reported frequent instances of discrimination had significantly higher levels of one of the most toxic forms of fat-visceral, ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 10, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

New study reports effects of endurance running

Using a mobile MRI unit, researchers followed runners for two months along a 4,500-kilometer course to study how their bodies responded to the high-stress conditions of an ultra-long-distance race, according to a study presented ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Nov 29, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Increase in visceral fat during menopause linked with testosterone

In middle-aged women, visceral fat, more commonly called belly fat, is known to be a significant risk factor for cardiovascular disease, but what causes visceral fat to accumulate?

Medicine & Health / Diseases, Conditions, Syndromes

created Aug 20, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Different fat types can help or hinder obese girls' bone health

According to a new study accepted for publication in The Endocrine Society's Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism (JCEM), obese teenage girls with a greater ratio of visceral fat (fat around internal organs) to sub ...

Medicine & Health / Medical research

created Mar 01, 2010 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Exercise keeps dangerous visceral fat away a year after weight loss (w/ Video)

A study conducted by exercise physiologists in the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) Department of Human Studies finds that as little as 80 minutes a week of aerobic or resistance training helps not only to prevent ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Oct 29, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Removing wrinkles with RHAMM

Hollywood stars of a certain age take note: Research at Berkeley Lab suggests that a protein linked to the spread of several major human cancers may also hold great potential for the elimination of wrinkles ...

Medicine & Health / Other

created Feb 11, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0