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Article: Physical inactivity increases visceral fat; exercise can reverse accumulation.
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- Biotech Week
- Article date:
- June 18, 2003
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2003 JUN 18 - (NewsRx.com & NewsRx.net) -- In findings that should add to the national debate over rising obesity rates in the U.S., Duke University Medical Center researchers have demonstrated that physical inactivity leads to a significant increase in potentially dangerous visceral fat, while high amounts of exercise can lead to significant decreases in such fat over a fairly short time period.
The researchers also found that while lower amounts of exercise prevented the significant accumulation of visceral fat seen in the controls, it did not lead to the improvements seen in participants with higher levels of exercise.
Controlling visceral fat is ...