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Is visceral fat reduction necessary to favour metabolic changes in the liver?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  22720311     Owner:  NLM     Status:  In-Data-Review    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
As excess body weight constitutes a major health problem, it is now important for hepatologists to weigh risk factors that lead to insulin resistance and hepatic steatosis. This mini-review focuses on the type of bodily fat distribution that determines the ectopic fat storage into the liver in overweight or obese people. Although obesity is closely associated with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, the excess of visceral fat storage is reckoned to be just as or even more important.
Authors:
Carmine Finelli; Giovanni Tarantino
Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD     Volume:  21     ISSN:  1842-1121     ISO Abbreviation:  J Gastrointestin Liver Dis     Publication Date:  2012 Jun 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2012-06-21     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  101272825     Medline TA:  J Gastrointestin Liver Dis     Country:  Romania    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  205-8     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Federico II University, Medical School of Naples, 80131 Naples, Italy; E-mail: tarantin@unina.it.
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