Visceral fat can endanger your health whereas subcutaneous fat sits beneath the skin and is generally harmless. Here's how to tell the difference.

Belly fat is a common problem for many people, but a certain kind of belly fat could be raising your risk of serious health ...

Visceral fat, the kind stored around internal organs, is known to contribute to multiple health problems, including heart ...

Unlike subcutaneous fat, which sits under the skin, visceral fat is linked to serious conditions like type 2 diabetes, inflammation, and heart disease, the leading cause of death.

Health experts say there are different types of fat. Some are more dangerous than others, so it's important to know what type ...

Belly fat is one that accumulates around the abdomen and it can be found in two layers: subcutaneous fat, which is just below the skin and visceral fat, which is deeper in the abdomen.Visceral fat is ...

Visceral fat accounts for about 10% of body fat in most people, while the other 90% is subcutaneous fat. MORE HEALTH Eating ultra-processed foods can have adverse health effects, but there are ...

To further explore the impact of beige fat, the team then transplanted subcutaneous fat from young, lean healthy mice into the visceral compartment of otherwise normal, but now-obese mice who had ...

White fat comes in different forms – subcutaneous (under the skin), visceral (that surrounds internal organs), and ectopic (located within the internal organs).

Yet there was only a modest association between change in subcutaneous and visceral fat. Among those 253 participants, of whom 28% ultimately developed metabolic syndrome, ...

“Magnetic resonance imaging that encompassed the abdomen and head helped us determine both higher visceral and subcutaneous abdominal fat volume predicts loss of brain volume, a key metric of ...

A study in mice suggests that subcutaneous fat, not estrogen, may help protect females against brain inflammation. Males, who accumulate more visceral fat, do not experience the same protective ...