RSNA: Deep Belly Fat Bad to the Bones

Fat fracture risks.

Heavier premenopausal women with an excess of belly fat may be at an increased risk of osteoporosis, researchers said here.

Those who had more visceral fat had significantly decreased bone mineral density compared with women who had more subcutaneous fat, Miriam Bredella, MD, of Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, and colleagues reported at the Radiological Society of North America meeting.

"We found that in young women, deep belly fat is bad for the bones," she said. "We now know that abdominal obesity needs to be included as a risk factor for osteoporosis and bone loss."

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