Visceral Obesity

Having a higher amount of visceral abdominal fat in middle age was associated with an increased risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, according to research presented at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America.

Visceral adipose tissue plus circadian misalignment — delayed and irregular sleep midpoints — is associated with increased blood pressure among adolescents, according to a study published in Hypertension.

Increased fat mass, particularly visceral adiposity, promotes kidney disease generation and progression through direct and indirect mechanisms, and pharmacologic treatment is necessary to avoid adverse outcomes, according to a speaker.

Women who combine time-restricted eating with high-intensity interval training have greater reductions in visceral fat area than those who perform only one of the interventions, according to a study published in Cell Metabolism.

Avocado consumption, visceral adiposity and cardiometabolic risk factors.

Consumption of one avocado daily was not found to reduce visceral adiposity and only had a slight effect on cardiometabolic disorder risk factors, researchers reported in the Journal of the American Heart Association.

Adults with a higher visceral adiposity index score have an increased risk for all-cause mortality as well as some cause-specific mortalities, according to data from the UK Biobank.

Women with more visceral adipose tissue during menopause transition have worse HDL metrics, and insulin resistance is a mediating factor in some of the associations, according to study data.

Individuals with COVID-19 who are admitted to the ICU or treated with invasive mechanical ventilation have more visceral fat than those who are admitted to the hospital, but are not in critical condition, according to study data.

Determining diabetes risk among Chinese adults is not improved by assessing visceral fat area instead of waist-to-hip ratio or waist circumference, according to findings published in the Journal of Diabetes Investigation.