With New Year’s resolutions in full swing, lots of Americans are committing to being more fit and losing weight. One stubborn area that many of us will be battling is that squishy part around our ...

A new study has linked visceral fat around the midsection with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease Warapatr_s/Getty Having more fat around your midsection may make you more likely to ...

Learn dietitians’ tips for healthy and sustainable body fat loss. Reviewed by Dietitian Jessica Ball, M.S., RD Attempting to ...

March 4, 2011 (Buenos Aires, Argentina) — Measures of excess visceral adiposity and liver fat are better indicators of impaired plasma glucose homeostasis and cardiometabolic risk than body mass index ...

Lack of exercise, poor diet, excessive alcohol consumption, stress, and insufficient sleep are common habits that contribute to belly fat and visceral fat, which can negatively affect your health. Dr.

Lipomas can occur in the heart, including in the visceral and parietal pericardium. Parietal pericardial lipomas are often clinically mistaken for pericardial cysts. Multiple myocardial lipomas have ...

The body-positive movement has encouraged people, especially women, to see beauty in all shapes and sizes, and it's reminded us that body ideals are culturally constructed and not based on science.

Polar has confirmed to Wareable it is working on a “more sophisticated” new wearable sensor that can measure the levels of dangerous visceral fat within the body. In a recent patent filing, the maker ...