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Isvisceral fat directly linked with amount of visible subcataneous fat/tissue? could one be present without the other ?how does it work ? poss fat liv

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Dr. Gerald Mandell answered

Specializes in Nuclear Medicine

Not necessarily: Subcutaneous fat is found directly under the skin and measured using skin-fold calipers to estimate your total body fat. Subq fat in thighs and buttocks may not cause as many problems as deeper, visceral fat. Visceral, deep, fat wraps around the inner organs and unhealthy.Visceral fat increases risk for diabetes, heart disease, stroke, and even dementia.Obesity sometimes has fatty liver disease

Answered 8/20/2013

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