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Descriptor English: Body Fat Distribution
Descriptor Spanish: Distribución de la Grasa Corporal
Descriptor distribución de la grasa corporal
Scope note: Depósitos de TEJIDO ADIPOSO del organismo. El patrón de depósitos de grasa en las regiones del organismo es un indicador del estado de salud. El exceso de GRASA ABDOMINAL incrementa los riesgos para la salud más que el exceso de grasa en la zona de las caderas o los muslos, por lo que a menudo se utiliza el ÍNDICE CINTURA-CADERA para determinar los riesgos para la salud.
Descriptor Portuguese: Distribuição da Gordura Corporal
Descriptor French: Répartition du tissu adipeux
Entry term(s): Body Fat Patterning
Distribution, Body Fat
Fat Distribution, Body
Fat Patterning, Body
Patterning, Body Fat
Tree number(s): E01.370.600.115.100.062
G02.111.130.134
G03.180.134
G07.100.049.134
RDF Unique Identifier: https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D050218
Scope note: Deposits of ADIPOSE TISSUE throughout the body. The pattern of fat deposits in the body regions is an indicator of health status. Excess ABDOMINAL FAT increases health risks more than excess fat around the hips or thighs, therefore, WAIST-HIP RATIO is often used to determine health risks.
Allowable Qualifiers: AE adverse effects
CL classification
EC economics
ES ethics
HI history
IS instrumentation
MO mortality
MT methods
NU nursing
PX psychology
SN statistics & numerical data
ST standards
TD trends
VE veterinary
Previous Indexing: Adipose Tissue (1967-2005)
Public MeSH Note: 2006
History Note: 2006
Related: Adiposity MeSH
Waist-Hip Ratio MeSH
DeCS ID: 51213
Unique ID: D050218
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Date Established: 2006/01/01
Date of Entry: 2005/06/30
Revision Date: 2016/05/02
Body Fat Distribution - Preferred
Concept UI M0473319
Scope note Deposits of ADIPOSE TISSUE throughout the body. The pattern of fat deposits in the body regions is an indicator of health status. Excess ABDOMINAL FAT increases health risks more than excess fat around the hips or thighs, therefore, WAIST-HIP RATIO is often used to determine health risks.
Preferred term Body Fat Distribution
Entry term(s) Body Fat Patterning
Distribution, Body Fat
Fat Distribution, Body
Fat Patterning, Body
Patterning, Body Fat



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