MedWorm provides a medical RSS filtering service. Over 6000 RSS medical sources are combined and output via different filters. This feed contains the latest medical blog items that have been tagged with 'abdominal fat'. Sat, 03 Sep 2011 02:58:27 +0100 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=4767994&cid=t_102322_87_f&fid=39187&url=http%3A%2F%2Fgetbetterhealth.com%2Fbeer-bellies-anyone-waist-measurement-can-determine-risk-for-heart-disease%2F2011.04.30 Extra fat that accumulates around the abdomen goes by many names: beer belly, spare tire, love handles, apple shape, middle-age spread, and the more technical “abdominal obesity.” No matter what the name, it is the shape of risk. Abdominal obesity increases the risk of heart attack, stroke, diabetes, erectile dysfunction, and other woes. The danger zone is a waist size above 40 inches for men and 35 inches for women. As I describe in the April 2011 issue of the Harvard Men’s Health Watch, beer is not specifically responsible for a beer belly. What, then, is to blame? Calories. Take in more calories with food and drink than you burn up with exercise, and you’ll store the excess energy in fat cells. Many studies indicate that people who store their extra fat around the midsection (ap... Better Health blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=4767994 Sat, 30 Apr 2011 12:00:10 +0100 4767994 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3399229&cid=t_102322_167_f&fid=38576&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.drbriffa.com%2Fblog%2F2010%2F03%2F24%2Fstudy-suggests-high-fructose-corn-syrup-is-uniquely-fattening-a-that-a-calorie-is-not-a-calorie-after-all%2F Variously on this site I’ve discussed the notion that ‘a calorie is a calorie’. Simply put, this concept, widely populated by doctors, dieticians and other health professionals, is that when it comes to their effects of weight, all forms of calorie are the same. In terms of its impact on body weight, a kilogram of [...] (Source: Dr John Biffa's Blog) Dr John Biffa's Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3399229 Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:27:02 +0100 3399229 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=3378441&cid=t_102322_87_f&fid=36050&url=http%3A%2F%2Fblisstree.com%2Flive%2Fsleep-or-get-fat%2F When it came to getting her shut-eye, Goldilocks wanted her mattress just right. Smart girl. Turns out, our stomachs are just as picky. In a study released this month in the journal Sleep, researchers tracked sleeping patterns and the amount of belly fat gained for five years in subjects younger than 40. Those who slept five hours or less each night showed the greatest accumulation of flab; those who got more than eight hours of rest a night gained slightly less; and those who snoozed between five and eight hours a night? You guessed it. They gained the least. Though the research isn’t conclusive about overall fat and weight gain, it does substantiate links between lack of sleep and belly fat increase. Researchers aren’t only interested in weight, though; abdominal fat is direc... Breastfeeding 1-2-3 blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=3378441 Wed, 17 Mar 2010 20:30:19 +0100 3378441 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=743322&cid=t_102322_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F07%2F19%2Fdeep-belly-fat-not-so-evil-after-all%2F Filed under: Type 2, Lifestyle, Research, Daily NewsDid you hear about renowned Harvard scientist Barbara Kahn's latest published research? I blogged about it recently. Kahn and colleagues state, in a report published in Cell Metabolism (July 2007), that it's possible to use a simple blood test to detect the presence of a specific protein called RBP4. Kahn et al say the presence of RBP4 can be used to measure accumulations of deep belly fat. Underpinning this research is a belief that such accumulations of belly fat increase risk for metabolic syndrome, leading to various maladies including heart disease and diabetes.However, not everyone accepts this point of view. A Yale research team says that deep belly fat may not be so evil after all. The researchers, who are based at Yale University... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=743322 Thu, 19 Jul 2007 04:00:00 +0100 743322 http://www.medworm.com/index.php?rid=478747&cid=t_102322_87_f&fid=34867&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.thediabetesblog.com%2F2007%2F03%2F09%2Fa-specific-fat-type-can-protect-against-weight-gain-and-diabetes%2F This study compared the difference in fat metabolism between the B6 mouse and the 129 mouse. The B6 mouse is one of the most commonly used strains in metabolic research and an established model for diet-induced obesity. When placed on a high-fat diet, the B6 mouse develops severe obesity, high blood glucose and insulin resistance with extremely high insulin levels. By contrast, the 129 mouse gains 30% to 50% less weight than the B6 mouse and is resistant to dietary induced obesity and glucose intolerance. The only difference between the B6 and 129 mice is the type of body fat. The B6 mice had a majority of white fat cells, whereas the 129 mice had over 100 times the number of brown fat cells than the B6 mice. The mice with more white fat cells had a tendency to gain weight and develop dia... The Diabetes Blog blogs http://www.medworm.com/rss/comments.php?id=478747 Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:00:00 +0100 478747