There is no way to target visceral ... fat, including fat around the heart and liver. The amount of calories a person will need to reduce to lose weight will depend on their body size, activity ...

Cleveland Clinic suggests figuring out your visceral fat level by calculating 10% of your body fat percentage. To lose visceral fat, focus on reducing your intake of sugary and processed foods ...

Visceral fat is found in your abdominal cavity and surrounds vital organs like your stomach. Excessive visceral fat increases your risk of chronic diseases like heart disease. Research has shown ...

“We’ve known for at least 15 years that visceral fat is linked with lower brain volumes in healthy middle-aged adults,” says ...

Published in the journal Sleep Medicine, a new study explores the link between sleep deprivation and visceral fat — dangerous belly fat that builds up around vital organs and has been tied to ...

A new study has linked visceral fat around the midsection with an increased risk of developing Alzheimer’s disease Cara Lynn Shultz is a writer-reporter at PEOPLE. Her work has previously ...

Visceral fat, sometimes referred to as belly fat, can increase the risk of chronic diseases. Mindless and distracted eating may make it harder to lose visceral fat. Eating mindfully may prevent ...

It’s not just any fat that’s the culprit. It’s the fat stored deep in the abdomen that’s known as visceral fat — as opposed to subcutaneous fat, which resides just underneath the skin.