Clinical significance of visceral fat reduction through health education in preventing atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease - Lesson from the Amagasaki Visceral Fat Study: A Japanese perspective

<p>Abstract</p> <p>The metabolic syndrome has received worldwide recognition and is useful clinical aid in early-preventing atherosclerosis. Visceral adiposity is the main component of the metabolic syndrome in Japan, based on ethnic and racial difference in the pattern of adiposit...

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Main Authors: Funahashi Tohru, Kishida Ken, Shimomura Iichiro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2011-08-01
Series:Nutrition & Metabolism
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Online Access:http://www.nutritionandmetabolism.com/content/8/1/57