A flat tummy after 40 is possible — and 57-year-old trainer Jill Brown would know. Brown, a certified master health fitness ...

New research shows Body Roundness Index strongly predicts cardiovascular disease risk, offering better insights than ...

So if you’re trying to reduce visceral fat, remember, no single food or beverage can reduce it alone, and there’s no reason ...

A study, published in the journal Women’s Health Reports, observed that postmenopausal women gained 36% more trunk fat, 49% ...

Medically reviewed by Kashif J. Piracha, MD Subcutaneous fat is the fat right under your skin—the kind you can pinch. It ...

That’s where temperature regulation comes into play. When the body gets cold, brown fat is activated. It begins to generate ...

The researchers studied different kinds of body tissues — including subcutaneous fat, liver fat and thigh fat — but visceral fat was the "most powerful predictor of the obesity-related ...

US experts found people with more visceral fat, the hidden fat that forms around the vital organs like the heart, stomach and ...

Q I was very interested to read your column that talked about the fat around your organs, and how when you have too much, it ...

Unlike subcutaneous fat beneath the skin, visceral fat around internal organs is hard to spot — but being metabolically active, poses greater health risks ...

The active group was also able to keep more of their fat stored under their skin as subcutaneous fat, keeping it away from vital organs like the liver, heart and pancreas, where it can lead to serious ...

I have also heard of something called brown fat, and that it's actually a good thing. Can you please explain? A: When we ...