Body fat distribution and the prognosis for weight reduction: preliminary observations.

摘要: In a preliminary study the influence of body fat distribution on degree weight reduction, blood lipids and glucose was investigated in 17 premenopausal obese women (BMI greater than 27 kg/m2), who followed an energy-reduced diet 4.2 MJ/day for 8 weeks. Body distinguished abdominal gluteal-femoral type using cut-off point 0.80 ratio waist-to-hips girth. Mean reduction about 10 kg. not related to ability lose weight. 10.2 +/- 3.3 kg (mean s.d.) (n = 8) 9.6 2.4 8). women, became more intermediate. This change coincided obese, after loss, with decreases serum obese.