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Is visceral fat reduction necessary to favour metabolic changes in the liver?
Journal of gastrointestinal and liver diseases : JGLD - 1 Jun 2012
Finelli Carmine, Tarantino Giovanni
Abstract excerpt
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...
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