The value of neck adipose tissue as a predictor for metabolic risk in health and type 2 diabetes
Upper-body adiposity is adversely associated with metabolic health whereas the opposite is observed for the lower-body. The neck is a unique upper-body fat depot in adult humans, housing thermogenic brown adipose tissue (BAT), which is increasingly recognised to influence whole-body metabolic health...
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| Format: | Journal article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024
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