It is well established that excess visceral fat is harmful. This tissue is metabolically active, and generates increased chronic inflammation through numerous mechanisms: a greater number of senescent cells; signaling by fat cells that appears similar to that produced by infected cells; increased debris from dead and dying fat cells that provo…
Genetic Variants Associated with Visceral Fat Accumulation Correlate with Longevity
It is well established that excess visceral fat is harmful. This tissue is metabolically active, and generates increased chronic inflammation through numerous mechanisms: a greater number of senescent cells; signaling by fat cells that appears similar to that produced by infected cells; increased debris from dead and dying fat cells that provo…