13/02/2017
Visceral Fat Assesment is now available on our Medilink Scanners.
Body fat tissue is traditionally distributed into two main compartments with different metabolic characteristics: subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and visceral adipose tissue (VAT). While both of these tissue types are important, particular attention has been directed to visceral adiposity owing to its association with various medical pathologies.
Although fat and adipose tissue are differentiated by distinct biochemical and metabolic features, these terms will be used interchangeably for the purpose of this review. Abdominal obesity, which is characterised as increased adipose tissue surrounding the intra-abdominal organs, is also referred to as visceral or central obesity. It has been distinctly linked to several pathological conditions including impaired glucose and lipid metabolism, insulin resistance
