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2. Can You Target Losing Visceral Fat? Here’s What ... - AOL

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   Visceral fat surrounds your organs and is a type of fat that is important to keep in check, as excess amounts can lead to health complications such as heart disease, high blood pressure and diabetes.

3. How to lose belly fat and maintain a healthy lifestyle

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   Men typically have more visceral fat than women, Gagliardi says. Men's visceral fat cells have the capacity for a higher dietary fat uptake due to specific lipoproteins that transport fat from the ...

4. 10 Foods That Can Help Lower Visceral Fat, According to ... - AOL

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   "Fiber can help keep you fuller longer and help balance blood glucose levels, which could be helpful when trying to reduce visceral fat. Men should aim for 38 grams of fiber per day and women ...

5. Body roundness index - Wikipedia

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   Compared to traditional metrics, such as the body mass index (BMI), (which uses weight and height), BRI may improve predictions of the amount of body fat and the volume of visceral adipose tissue. Despite its common use, BMI can misclassify individuals as obese because it does not distinguish between a person's lean body mass and fat mass ...

6. Abdominal obesity - Wikipedia

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   Visceral fat is composed of several adipose depots including mesenteric, epididymal white adipose tissue (EWAT), and perirenal fat. An excess of adipose visceral fat is known as central obesity, the "pot belly" or "beer belly" effect, in which the abdomen protrudes excessively. This body type is also known as "apple shaped", as opposed to "pear ...

7. 5 "Bad" Things You Should Do If You're Trying to Lose ...

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   Research suggests that having higher levels of visceral fat increases the risk of chronic diseases like heart disease, cancer, type 2 diabetes, metabolic syndrome and fatty liver disease., That ...

8. Body fat percentage - Wikipedia

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   The body fat percentage is a measure of fitness level, since it is the only body measurement which directly calculates a person's relative body composition without regard to height or weight. The widely used body mass index (BMI) provides a measure that allows the comparison of the adiposity of individuals of different heights and weights.

9. 7 Causes of Belly Fat (& How to Reduce It) - AOL

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   1. Diet. Being in a calorie surplus — consuming more calories than you burn — can lead to overall weight gain and increase your chances of developing belly fat.