Health: Visceral fat, part0

Self-tutoring about body fat and its effect on health: the tutor begins about visceral fat.

Visceral fat lies behind the stomach muscles, below the diaphragm. It resides among the liver, stomach, intestines, and kidneys.

Visceral fat is “biologically active”¹, meaning it acts as a gland. The trouble is that the chemicals it produces cause damage.

Visceral fat may be equally hazardous with high blood pressure.²

My understanding is that visceral fat can’t be easily combatted just by dieting; exercise is more effective against it.

Even a person who doesn’t look very fat may have enough visceral fat to be problematic.

I will be talking more about visceral fat.

1. “Abdominal fat and what to do about it,” Harvard Health Publishing, Harvard Health Medical School, accessed May 4, 2022, https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/abdominal-fat-and-what-to-do-about-it

2. “The Skinny on Visceral Fat,” John Hopkins University and John Hopkins Health System, accessed May 5, 2022, https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gim/faculty-resources/core_resources/Patient%20Handouts/Handouts_May_2012/The%20Skinny%20on%20Visceral%20Fat.pdf

References:

Harvard Health Publishing. “Abdominal fat and what to do about it.” Accessed May 4, 2022. https://www.health.harvard.edu/staying-healthy/abdominal-fat-and-what-to-do-about-it.

John Hopkins University and John Hopkins Health System. “The Skinny on Visceral Fat.” Accessed May 4, 2022. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/gim/faculty-resources/core_resources/Patient%20Handouts/Handouts_May_2012/The%20Skinny%20on%20Visceral%20Fat.pdf