Body Fat

Compared with pre- and postmenopausal women, women in perimenopause had increased fat mass, decreased fat-free mass and greater percent body fat, elevating cardiometabolic risks, according to study results.

Lifestyle intervention may be most effective in perimenopause, as women experience the onset of poor body composition and metabolism associated with menopause, according to a study.

High levels of body fat are associated with a lower bone mineral density, with the association more pronounced in men compared with women, according to study data published in The Journal of Clinical Endocrinology & Metabolism.

Obstructive sleep apnea can predispose a person to hyperglycemia and even type 2 diabetes, yet data show continuous positive airway pressure therapy does not improve markers of glucose dysregulation, according to a speaker.

Vegetarians have a healthier metabolic profile than meat eaters, independent of BMI and other confounding factors, according to data presented at the European Congress on Obesity virtual meeting.

Girls with higher total body fat are more likely to have menarche at a younger age and have slower breast development compared with those with normal total body fat, according to study data.

Older adults without obesity, but with a high body fat percentage, have greater risks for sarcopenia and osteoporosis when compared with individuals with obesity, according to findings published in Obesity.

A greater proportion of leg adiposity was inversely and independently linked to all subtypes of hypertension in young and middle-aged adults, researchers found.

Adults with obesity who wore a heavyweight vest — corresponding to 11% of their body weight — daily for 3 weeks experienced a reduction in body weight and fat mass compared with similar adults who wore a 1% lightweight vest, according to data from a proof-of-concept study.

Adults with HIV are more likely to accumulate coronary plaque if they have a larger degree of visceral adipose tissue, whereas increased subcutaneous adipose tissue was associated with lower risk for atherosclerosis, according to findings published in Obesity.