visceral fat

collocation in English

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visceral
adjective
uk
/ˈvɪs.ər.əl/us
/ˈvɪs.ər.əl/
literary
based on deep feeling and emotional reactions rather than on reason ...
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fat
noun
uk
/fæt/us
/fæt/
the substance under the skin of humans and animals that stores energy and keeps ...
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(Definition ofvisceralandfatfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It is clear that the major determinant of diabetes and cardiovascular risk isvisceralfatmass, while peripheral fat may even be protective, particularly in elderly women.
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The relationship of cardiovascular risk factors tovisceralfatindependent of total body fat remains unclear.
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Common causes of excessive lordosis include tight low back muscles, excessivevisceralfat, and pregnancy.
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Intra-abdominal orvisceralfathas a particularly strong correlation with cardiovascular disease.
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Excessvisceralfatis also linked to type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, inflammatory diseases, and other obesity-related diseases.
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The protein is highly expressed invisceralfatand serum levels of the protein correlate with obesity.
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Thiazolidinediones may cause slight weight gain but decrease pathologic abdominal fat (visceralfat), and therefore may be prescribed for diabetics with central obesity.
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It is stored in relatively high amounts around the organs of the abdominal cavity, but is not to be confused asvisceralfat.
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Visceralfatwas recently discovered to be a significant producer of signaling chemicals (i.e., hormones), among which several are involved in inflammatory tissue responses.
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Fatback is hard fat, distinct from thevisceralfatthat occurs in the abdominal cavity and is called soft fat and leaf lard.
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Visceralfatcells will release their metabolic by-products in the portal circulation, where the blood leads straight to the liver.
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However, despite these learned adaptations, affected elephants were observed as emaciated, suffering from muscle atrophy and a lack ofvisceralfat.
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It is reported that visfatin is enriched in thevisceralfatof both humans and mice and that its plasma levels increase during the development of obesity.
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Once liver and muscular stores are full to the maximum, adipose tissue (subcutaneous andvisceralfat stores) becomes the site of sugar storage in the form of fat.
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