Fat distribution plays a role in weight loss success in patients at risk of diabetes
August 22, 2010
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Posted by Elijah Kellett
“You may have two individuals who weigh the same and have the same body mass index (BMI), but have very different levels of internal fat,” said lead researcher and physicist Jürgen Machann, Dipl. Phys., from University Hospital Tübingen in Tübingen, Germany. “Abdominal and liver fat are the two most important factors in predicting whether a lifestyle intervention will be successful.”
Machann and researchers performed MRI and MR spectroscopy on 243 individuals prior to and nine months after a lifestyle intervention. Th
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Tags: Fat, Fat Distribution
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