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Visceral fat accumulation is a primary driver of cardiovascular disease in obesity, independent of BMI, through inflammatory and metabolic mechanisms.
Focus on reducing visceral fat through lifestyle changes, not just BMI. Even if your BMI is normal, high waist circumference indicates higher cardiovascular risk.
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Viszerale Fettakkumulation wirkt ausgeprägt proatherogen und kardiometabolisch schädigend, teilweise unabhängig vom BMI [10].
Why this rating
Consensus paper citing multiple studies on pathophysiology.
Source
Management kardiovaskulärer Erkrankungen bei Adipositas
Andrea Baessler et al. · Die Kardiologie · 2026
DOI 10.1007/s12181-026-00813-8
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Read the paper DOI resolved against Crossref · corpus check 2026-06-10
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