This is called intra-abdominal or visceral fat. The more visceral fat you have, the higher the level of free fatty acids in your blood. Bad body fat can clog the arteries and affect the functioning of the liver. Genetically, men ten to have about twice the amount of bad fat as women. Fat cells and muscle cells Muscle and fat combined usually account for about well over half a person's weight.
Men tend to have a higher ratio of muscle to fat than women.
A person s weight depends on the number and size of muscle and fat cells. We are born with a fixed number of muscle cells. This number remains the same for most of our lives. As a person grows, the size of these cells increases. However, an activity like weightlifting can also increase the size of muscle cells.