Talk:Abdominal obesity

message: Section "Prevention and treatment" says exercise will reduce cortisol levels.
The article cited is: Kelley, George A.; Kelley, Kristi S.; Roberts, Susan; Haskell, William (2012). "Combined Effects of Aerobic Exercise and Diet on Lipids and Lipoproteins in Overweight and Obese Adults: A Meta-Analysis". Journal of Obesity. 2012: 1–16. doi:10.1155/2012/985902. 
However, this article doesn't seem to mention cortisol.
82.34.54.1 (talk) 21:34, 4 September 2018 (UTC)
thread_title:  Cortisol 

message: "A single pound of fat is believed to yield approximately 3500 calories of energy, and weight loss is achieved by reducing energy intake."
I bet in fact kilocalories are meant, that is a common mistake. I dont know what the source says, but if it says calories itself, i would not trust it.
Two posts below mine there is the same mistake. (with the energy contained in beer)--37.24.150.206 (talk) 13:43, 6 March 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  (kilo-)calories 

message: The entire paragraph on the relationship between central obesity and T2DM focuses too much on resistin. Adiponectin is strongly, albeit inversely, correlated with insulin resistance, and could also be mentioned here. I suggest revwriting this paragraph without so much emphasis on resistin. Magfas (talk) 03:52, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too much on resistin 

message: This comment isn't false exactly but it's misleading.  Beer has a lot of calories.  3 stubbies per day = ~400 calories.  Added to an otherwise balanced calorie intake that results in a weight gain of around 19kg (42 lbs) over a year!  Beer doesn't make the fat deposits go to the belly but it's certainly a contributor to obesity. --irrevenant [ talk ] 09:55, 3 July 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  "There is little scientific evidence that beer drinkers are more prone to abdominal obesity" 

message: I am proposing merging "Love handles" and "Muffin top" into this article. It seems to me those two articles are really doing nothing but defining terms related to this topic. Following the principle that "Wikipedia is not a dictionary" I propose that these are not unique articles (or at least not sufficiently unique to merit separate articles) and that their content should be merged here. Although I do think there is some unique content there, unique content does not by itself justify a separate article (i.e. the unique content can be merged). There has to be a substantially unique topic and I do not believe that is the case here.
--Mcorazao 16:20, 24 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merge from "Love handles" and "Muffin top" 

message: Im going to merge them.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by Jupiter849 (talk • contribs) 09:06, 2 January 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: *Ditto on Love Handles. Cumulus Clouds (talk) 19:18, 12 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merging muffin top into this article. 

message: A merge discussion for Muffin top can be found here.
A merge discussion for Love handles can be found here.
Please feel free to contribute!--  JediLofty User ¦ Talk 09:33, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Mergers 

message: Cumulus Clouds merged the Love handles amd Muffin top articles to the Central obesity article with no evident discussion, despite the fact that Muffin top survived an AfD nomination in May 2007.  When I restored the articles and removed the text from the Central obesity article he reverted.  I split the articles again and suggested a discussion, yet the article has been reverted again.  I would like the articles to remain distinct until a proper consensus can be reached.--  JediLofty User ¦ Talk 19:31, 21 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Request for Comment 

message: Bit old now, but I've cropped it so it doesn't have any background crap in it. Should display the subject a bit better =) - Boochan (talk) 06:52, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  My Picture 

message: What is the point of having a vague and unsubstantiated discussion of pejorative terms about fat in this article? The entire section is personal observation, and subtracts value and credibility from what is supposed to b an encyclopedic article and should be removed.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 216.239.75.159 (talk) 04:27, 2 September 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Slang Terms 

message: It is said that monounsaturated fat, or MUFA, when added to every meal would help to decrease central body fat aswell. See this site. Please add in article. 
Also, there is talk of Sedentary_lifestyle as a cause of obesity. Isn't this gibberish? Obesity is caused by eating too many calories I believe (thus more than 2000 a day). Also, it is said that "overeating" is another cause; this too is wrong, no? For example, if one eats 2kg of chopped tomatoes, this still is only 400kcal's, which still is too low even for a single meal, while its can be considered "overeating". Still eating this amount of tomatoes wouldnt cause central obesity, even after doing so for a prolonged amount of time (actually you might even lose weight).
::Sorry none of this makes any sense.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 09:41, 22 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  monounsaturated fat or MUFA 

message: Do you think that it's right that, if you search for "pot belly", it redirects here?  A pot belly's not always a result of obesity.  Across the poorest parts of Africa, it's very common for people to have pot bellies, which is something to do with malnutrition and is often caused by very different things from what causes obesity.  Epa101 (talk) 18:11, 26 January 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Pot belly redirect 

message: Simple waist measurements, and the waist:hip ratio, are good estimates of "central obesity" but not accurate for this reason: it does not distinguish between the subcutaneous fat (under skin but over the muscles) and the intraabdominal fat (in the abdominal cavity). There is a reference article found at http://edrv.endojournals.org/cgi/content/full/21/6/697, which is an online journal of the Endocrine Society.
Subcutaneous fat has not been linked to detrimental health effects. Anecdotally, I have been told that the fat that can be pinched around the waist (the "spare tire") is not the harmful fat.
68.149.171.143 (talk) 17:10, 9 February 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  waist measurements as diagnosis 

message: Beerbelly.jpg Is this obesity or just someone pushing out there stomach by expanding their lungs?--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 05:20, 6 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Image 

message: This should be a redirect to abdominal obesity as we discussed.--Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 19:50, 8 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Abdominal fat is different from abdominal obesity, just like fat and obesity. Continue discussion in article talk page, not user talk page. Regards. Goesgolf20 (talk) 04:40, 9 April 2009 (UTC)

text: Chiming in a year later -- I think there should be a page on abdominal fat. That page would describe the main central fat pads (omental, perirenal, epididymal (I think)) and their normal functions. For every disorder or disease state we cover in articles I believe there should be a corresponding normal function page - like, instead of only having articles on pathology, I think it's also good to have articles on normal anatomy & physiology. Dcs002 (talk) 05:15, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title: [[Abdominal fat]] has been recreated

message: Please reference. I am more inclined to believe Dunlop Disease is in reference to Dunlop tires and the slag expression 'Spare Tire' to the excess fat around the waist. HappySchnapps (talk) 12:43, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
replies: text: Fell free to fix or delete --Doc James (talk · contribs · email) 13:08, 14 April 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dunlop Disease 

message: The meds listed in this section are either anti-obesity meds (orlistat & sibutramine) or hypoglycemics. None is intended to specifically reduce central adiposity. IMO, none should be listed in this section, nor should the bit about exercise, healthy diet, & weight loss. That's not what central obesity is about. Central obesity is about the disproportionate deposition of fat tissue into the peritoneal cavity instead of the subcutaneous depot. Hormones are involved in this pattern of fat deposition, and there's not much known yet about how to reverse this pattern. (removal by surgery has achieved mixed results.) This should not be about weight loss or diabetes management per se.
I have no problem with the "sit-ups myth" section. Dcs002 (talk) 05:10, 2 July 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  "Prevention and treatments" section is a mess 

message: I being a beginner on wikipedia am not very much familiar with the editing. Frankly couldnt spare time in learning the process. May I request one of the editors to kindly use the following citation for which citation needed has been quoted in paragraph for index of central obesity. 
Index of Central Obesity (ICO) is the ratio of waist circumference and height first proposed by a Parikh et al in 2007[6][7] as a better substitute to the widely-used waist circumference in defining metabolic syndrome.[8] The National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel III suggested cut off of 102 cm and 88 cm for males and females as a marker of central obesity.[9] The same was used in defining metabolic syndrome.[10] Misra et al. suggested that these cutoffs are not applicable among Indians and the cutoffs be lowered to 90 cm and 80 cm for males and females.[11, CITATION 4] Various race specific cutoffs were suggested by different groups.[CITATION 1, 2, 3, 4] The International Diabetes Federation defined central obesity based on these various race and gender specific cutoffs.[CITATION 5] The other limitation of waist circumference is that it can not be applied in children.[dubious – discuss]
 
Parikh et al looked at the average heights of various races and suggested that by using ICO various race- and gender-specific cutoffs of waist circumference can be discarded.[8] An ICO cutoff of more than 0.5 is suggested as a criteria to define central obesity.[citation needed] Parikh et al further tested a modified definition of of metabolic syndrome in which waist circumference was replaced with ICO in the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) database and found the modified definition to be more specific and sensitive.[8]
 
This parameter has been used in the study of metabolic syndrome[12][13] and cardiovascular disease.[14]
1. Tan CE, Ma S, Wai D, Chew SK, Tai ES.Can we apply the National Cholesterol Education Program Adult Treatment Panel definition of the metabolic syndrome to Asians? Diabetes Care. 2004 May;27(5):1182-6
2. Zhou BF, Wu YF, Li Y, Zhang LF. The cut-off point of waist circumference for identifying metabolic syndrome in Chinese adults. Zhonghua Xin Xue Guan Bing Za Zhi. 2005 Jan;33(1):81-5.
3. Matsuzawa Y. Metabolic syndrome--definition and diagnostic criteria in Japan. J Atheroscler Thromb. 2005;12(6):301
4. Misra A, Wasir J S, Pandey R M, An. Evaluation of Candidate Definitions of the Metabolic Syndrome in Adult Asian Indians. Diabetes Care. 2005; (28): 398–403
5. The IDF consensus worldwide definition of the metabolic syndrome http://www.idf.org/webdata/docs/IDF_Meta_def_final.pdf Accessed on 11th June 2011  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Drrakeshparikh (talk • contribs) 09:02, 11 June 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Missing citations for Index of central obesity 

message: The following link may be of interest: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez/15111542?dopt=Abstract&holding=f1000,f1000m,isrctn. Allens (talk) 17:33, 20 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Asian ancestry and vulnerability to metabolic syndrome 

message: Sorry I'm new to editing wikipedia so I'm not sure if I should edit the page or edit this talk here.  Let me know if I'm doing this right.
The third paragraph says that weight loss is not an effective way to treat obesity, and it cites a paper by Bacon and Aphramor.  If you read that paper, and then read the citation they use, you will find that the study is not about weight loss at all - it's about low fat diets.  "The intervention aimed to change diet patterns but did not encourage weight loss or caloric reduction." They are completely misconstruing a low-fat diet for a caloric restricted diet.
If we look to other sources, we find that weight loss is an effective way to treat obesity, given the proper diet is maintained.  "Defined meal replacements can be used for successful, long-term weight control and improvements in certain biomarkers of disease risk."
: When editing Wikipedia, it's important to remember that the goal is verifiability, not truth. Your opinion that a particular peer-reviewed journal article is biased has no place in a Wikipedia article unless you can back up that opinion with a published source. Since every assertion in a Wikipedia article should be traceable to a specific source that the article cites, it's of no concern to Wikipedia editors whether the source is correct -- the important thing is that the source is cited. SparsityProblem (talk) 07:13, 28 October 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Preventions/Treatments section references a biased paper that inaccurately interprets the study it references. 

message: "Some studies indicate central obesity is related to the excessive consumption of fructose." Formally a claim of growing consensus, which is completely made up bullshit. Cited to three primary studies by researchers known for hard opinions on the topic, which is original research. Someone with appropriate citation access, please find a few appropriate metastudies to discover the consensus view and cite them, instead of biased primary research.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.110.23.234 (talk) 02:36, 28 December 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Dubious 

message: "The immediate cause of obesity is net energy imbalance — the organism consumes more usable calories than it expends, wastes or discards via elimination." This myth is so generally accepted, that it goes unchallenged? Citations? Proof of any kind? Tim Conway (talk) 04:20, 19 February 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  CAUSES 

message: Fat does not "migrate".  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.22.68.156 (talk) 05:36, 27 August 2012 (UTC)
thread_title: Poorly written

message: Abdominal obesity is due the growth of the abdominal subcutaneus fat layer, not visceral.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 186.59.167.202 (talk) 01:32, 22 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Subcutaneous fat

message: Is it really necessary to have this many pictures of belly fat? They're all showing the same thing.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2.26.202.208 (talk) 18:01, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: I agree with this. It's truly ridiculous from perusing the history of this page how many pictures have been added/taken down in the history of this article. Please do not add more images to this article without first explaining why they are necessary/how they expand the article on the talk page. I just undid a revision by  of a picture of himself for this article. ירק (talk) 19:41, 22 September 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: Just another note, apparently this same user also added his image to gynecomastia. I'm assuming good faith, but these are his only edits there's no reason for this and the extra images do not add anything to the article. Please take a look at WP:IMAGE RELEVANCE in the MOS before adding new images. ירק (talk) 19:52, 22 September 2013 (UTC)

text: Yes, too many photos of central fat on obese people. But it would be great to have a photo of a normal-weight person with central obesity, as this is a growing public health problem.Knoitalno (talk) 02:01, 13 November 2021 (UTC)
thread_title:  Too many pictures 

message: The section on "Colloquilisms"  says "One of the few studies conducted on the subject did not find that beer drinkers are more prone to central obesity..."  , while the section on Alcohol consumption cites a study showing a correlation between alcohol consumption and abdominal obesity.  Seems to me that either the article contradicts itself or that the section on "Colloquilisms" is misleading - granted one of the few studies found no correlation, but what about the others?
This is not my field of expertise, so I'm looking for some guidance here before editing the article.  Mr. Swordfish (talk) 19:37, 6 July 2015 (UTC)
thread_title:  abdominal obesity and alcohol/beer consumption 

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message: Visceral fat is currently preferred over abdominal fat so I have changed that to avoid confusion across articles. Altanner1991 (talk) 19:40, 1 July 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Main terminology should be used 

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