Visceral fat in prepubertal children: In
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Michael I. Goran
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Article
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1999
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Visceral fat, or intra-abdominal adipose tissue (IAAT) lies deep within the abdominal cavity and can only be directly quantified with imaging techniques. IAAT has been detected in children as young as 5 years of age. IAAT generally increases in proportion with general fatness, but the relationship b