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Exercise can reduce visceral fat more than drugs.
For fat people, it is usually not dangerous to squeeze out by hand and measure the body surface fat with a ruler, but the invisible fat, that is, visceral fat, is the "culprit" that causes cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases. An American study found that exercise is more effective than drugs in reducing visceral fat. This study, published in the new issue of Mayo Clinic Journal, shows that both exercise and drugs can reduce visceral fat, but under the same weight loss effect, exercise can reduce visceral fat more than drugs.
In order to compare the effects of the two methods on visceral fat, researchers at the Southwest Medical Center of the University of Texas in the United States selected 3602 subjects, with an average age of 54 years, an average body mass index of 3 1, and 65% of them were women. BMI is calculated by dividing the weight (kg) by the square of the height (m). More than 25 is overweight, and more than 30 is obese.
During six months, the researchers conducted a number of tests and used computed tomography and magnetic resonance imaging scans to evaluate the changes of visceral fat. The results showed that although the body weight and visceral fat of the exercise group and the drug group decreased, the visceral fat of the exercise group was obviously better.
People's Network-Exercise can reduce visceral fat more than drugs.