Visceral fat also known as abdominal fat is a fat surrounding your internal organs inside abdominal cavity. Two other types of fat are subcutaneous fat which is located underneath the skin and intramuscular fat which is found interspered in skeletal muscle.
An excess of visceral fat is known as abdominal or central obecity. Other names are “beer belly” and “pot belly”
Joke: No darling! My beer belly is not because of beer, but for beer!
Actualy, Beer belly is not for beer because it’s just filled with excess fat.
It looks funny but it’s very dangerous!
Central obesity is is associated with a statistically higher risk of heart disease, hypertension, insulin resistance, and diabetes mellitus type 2
There is a strong correlation between central obesity and cardiovascular disease.
How to get rid of abdominal fat
General cause of excess visceral fat is a calorie imbalance. You should burn as much calories as you take. That’s why performing good aerobic exercise and eating a healthy diet can prevent central obesity, and losing weight via these methods is the main way to reverse the condition.
Additionaly, try to avoid fat rich foods and help your body to reduce fat intake
More information
Abdominal obesity at Wikipedia
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#1 by Brandon Carter on May 5th, 2010
I got my pot belly from drinking a lot of beer. now i have to do a lot of Cardio to remove my pot belly..,.