On Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 8:16:49 AM UTC-4, Paul K. Dickman wrote:
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intra-abdominal adiposity,--


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What's that, the beer belly index?


Paul K. Dickman

Ha-HA! That's not far from the mark. Here's a brief explanation from the introduction to one of the study papers that address it. FWIW, when I was writing about the subject, I spent about six months studying what is known about it. It's a real head-scratcher, because there is (or was) little understanding of *why* is relates so much more closely to cardiovascular and metabolic risks than BMI does:

"Preferential fat deposition in the abdomen€”between
and within viscera and retroperitoneally€”has been
linked with cardiometabolic risk.7 Measuring the waist
girth (or its ratio to the hip circumference) has become
a recommended adjunct to clinical examination, and
much evidence supports a large waist as a disease risk
indicator independent of total adiposity [as the body
mass index (BMI)]." ["Intra-abdominal adiposity, abdominal obesity,
and cardiometabolic risk" -- https://tinyurl.com/kpu6833]

I could give a detailed rundown, but it would put everyone to sleep. d8-)

The point is, that fat that lies *between* organs in the belly area is trouble, much more so than other deposits of fat.

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Ed Huntress