Visceral fat obesity: anthropological and pathophysiological aspects.

Human obesity is a heterogeneous group from the aspect of topographical fat distribution. Our analyses using CT scan imaging indicated that human obesity should be classified into two categories: subcutaneous fat obesity and visceral fat obesity. Metabolic and circulatory disturbances are far more frequently associated with visceral fat obesity than with subcutaneous fat obesity. High sucrose diet might be one of the factors that increase visceral fat accumulation. On the other hand, visceral fat is rather sensitive to calorie restriction and exercise therapy, and can be reduced through these efforts of each subject with visceral fat obesity.