Despite having lower visceral fat, women show stronger associations between fat distribution and metabolic risk.

SAN DIEGO — Higher amounts of visceral and subcutaneous adipose tissue are associated with an increased risk for breast cancer among postmenopausal women, according to a presenter at ObesityWeek 2022.

Exercise is one of the first strategies used to treat obesity-related health problems like Type 2 diabetes and other cardiovascular disease, but scientists don’t understand exactly how it works to ...

Workflow to perform snRNA-seq of different WAT depots. The nuclei were derived from subcutaneous (S), epididymal (E), mesenteric (M), peri-nephritic (N), and peri-heart (H) adipose depots, which were ...

As many as 40% of Americans are obese, putting them at an increased risk for high blood pressure, diabetes, stroke, heart disease and certain cancers, according to the CDC. New research from the ...

Inflammation has long been portrayed as something inherently bad; a process that needs to be fought or suppressed. In popular ...

The shape and type of belly fat can signal different health risks. Subcutaneous fat is soft and pinchable, while deeper ...

Schematic illustration of PGR-induced S. paucimobilis resided in the adipose tissue. S. paucimobilis residing in the adipose tissue decreases the morphology of the adipose tissue, leading to abnormal ...