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Android Type Obesity
Are known several types of obesity, some of them are classified according to the fat distribution, which originates same thanks to the shape of the body of the person, or even age cellular conditions.
Following the criteria of location of fat tissue, obesity is classified into type android, gynoid or homogeneous distribution are determined by simply measuring the waist circumference and waist-hip ratio.
Android type obesity
Also known as abdominal obesity or apple shape, is characterized by the accumulation of fat in the central region of the body, mainly in the abdomen area.
This type of obesity is the most dangerous to health, because fat cells in deep visceral deposits are large and metabolically very active, they release fatty acids into the blood very easily, every time they are stimulated by adrenaline, so that can cause serious metabolic alterations.
The role of insulin
Android obesity is associated with various diseases such as highly harmful hyperinsulinemia, which is a resistance to insulin, reduced glucose tolerance, hypercholesterolemia, hypertriglyceridemia, diabetes and hypertension.
In this clinical picture is called metabolic syndrome or syndrome X, whose symptoms are closely related to heart disease, although the android type obesity suffer mainly men, is also a risk factor in female mortality.