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Asian American women have significantly higher visceral adipose tissue (VAT) than European American women when adjusted for age and total body fat, particularly in those over 30 years old.
If you are an Asian woman, standard weight or waist size guidelines may underestimate your health risk. Even if you are not obese by BMI standards, you may have higher levels of dangerous visceral fat, especially as you age past 30. Focus on metabolic health markers and body composition rather than just scale weight.
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Asian American women had higher log-transformed VAT compared with European American women (p < 0.05), after adjusting for age and total body fat. There was a significant age by race interaction such that race differences in VAT were most evident over the age of 30 years.
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Observational study with MRI-confirmed measurements, but limited by small sample size (n=54 women) and convenience sampling.
Source
Larger Amounts of Visceral Adipose Tissue in Asian Americans
Yong‐Woo Park et al. · Obesity Research · 2001
DOI 10.1038/oby.2001.49
cross_sectional · n=107Cited 304×
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