How long ago was the last time you measured your waistline? If you didn’t know, we’ll tell you: this parameter can tell you a lot about your health. For women, a waist measurement greater than 88 cm is considered dangerous, for men – 102 cm.A too large waist is a symptom of a critical amount of abdominal or visceral fat.
As gastroenterologist Samuel Klein, director of geriatrics and nutrition at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis points out, visceral fat can coat internal organs and dangle from the colon like an apron, causing the stomach to swell. Visceral fat increases the risk of hypertension, diabetes, heart and vascular disease, and fatty liver.
How to understand that there is too much fat? Edition ETNT lists five characteristics.
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