4-year follow-up of cardiovascular events and changes in visceral fat accumulation after health promotion program in the Amagasaki Visceral Fat Study

We and others have demonstrated that accumulation of intra-abdominal visceral fat precedes various obesity-related metabolic disorders, including insulin resistance, glucose intolerance, dyslipidemia, and hypertension, leading to atherosclerosis based on clustering of multiple risks [ 1 Despres J.P. Lemieux I. Abdominal obesity and metabolic syndrome. Nature. 2006; 444: 881-887 Crossref PubMed Scopus (3275) Google Scholar , 2 Nakamura T....