It is very well established that having lower amounts of abdominal fat (mainly the fat around your organs, called “visceral fat”) is associated with improved health outcomes:
- Metabolic health (insulin resistance)
- Insulin resistance
- Cardiovascular disease
- Brain health
- Gut health
- Immune health
- Cancer outcomes (improved cancer control rates and mortality)
While there are many ways to assess your abdominal fat, one of the most important and simplest is with a measurement called the “waist-to-height ratio.”
