Category Visceral Fat

Visceral Fat

Fat loss 205: Guide to Eliminating Visceral Fat

Eliminating Visceral Fat Visceral Adipose Tissue (aka visceral fat) is important to understand due to its tight association with metabolic disease. Unfortunately, the presence of visceral fat is not always easy to detect and is certainly not discussed in ordinary…

Christopher J. Stadtherr, MD
May 22, 2023

Body composition, Visceral Fat

Fat Loss 204: Visualizing Visceral Fat

Visualizing Visceral Fat Visceral fat can easily be visualized on routine imaging studies, particularly on CT (computed tomography) and MRI (magnetic resonance imaging), both of which can easily differentiate visceral fat from subcutaneous fat. Given the enormous clinical implications of…

Christopher J. Stadtherr, MD
May 15, 2023

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As a physician and a parent, I am deeply invested in the health of our children and future generations. Metabolic health is as critical, if not more, for children as it is for adults. My goal is to partner with individuals of all ages to improve their health spans – the length of time that people remain healthy and functional, not just alive.