Visceral Fat

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Visceral fat

  1. Visceral fat, also known as toxic fat, is hidden inside your body on and around your vital organs.
  2. Visceral fat can cause health issues such as high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes and some cancers.
  3. Visceral fat is caused by eating more calories than you burn and not moving enough.
  4. A waist circumference of 80cm or more for females and 94 cm or more for males could mean that you have too much visceral fat.
  5. To prevent visceral fat, focus on maintaining a healthy balanced diet and keeping physically active.

Reading material

  1. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/20-tips-to-lose-belly-fat
  2. https://www.healthline.com/nutrition/lose-visceral-fat
  3. https://www.healthdirect.gov.au/how-to-reduce-visceral-body-fat-hidden-fat
  4. https://www.webmd.com/diet/what-is-visceral-fat

Tags

  1. Exercise - Belly fat and Mid section

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