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In older adults, visceral fat levels significantly decrease over two years, while body weight, muscle mass, and total body fat percentage do not change significantly.
As you age, your visceral fat may naturally decrease even if your weight and muscle mass stay the same. This highlights the importance of monitoring visceral fat, not just weight.
There were no significant changes in body composition within two years in the examined subjects except for the visceral fat level... Visceral fat level, on the other hand, was reduced significantly (10 ± 0.25 units during baseline vs. 9 ± 0.27 units after 2 years, p = 0.00000003...)
Why this rating
Longitudinal study with objective BIA measurements; large sample size for this type of study; statistically significant result.
Source
Relationship of the Behavior of Older Participants with Body Composition Change: Results of the Second Wave of the Cognition of Older People, Education, Recreational Activities, Nutrition, Comorbidities, and Functional Capacity Studies (COPERNICUS)
Agnieszka Kujawska et al. · Nutrients · 2023
DOI 10.3390/nu15081834
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