Fat is composed of adipose tissue. The main role of adipose tissue is to store energy, but when there is an excess of body fat, there are serious health risks.
Excess fat around the _______ represents a greater risk to health than excess fat elsewhere on the body.
When you are fat
If in excess beyond body need for fat it will be
A person carrying excess fat on hips and thighs has a pear-shaped body. A person carrying excess fat on the waist and abdominal area has an apple-shaped body.
It is stored as fat.
The excess amount of fat in human body is so harmful because it increases risks of many serious health problems. · diabetes, · obstructive sleep apnoea, · polycystic ovarian syndrome, · hypertension, · abnormal lipids, · heart attack and stroke, · some cancers, · fatty liver.
When the diet provides the body with more calories than it needs for general maintenance and its current level of physical activity, this excess energy is stored in the form of body fat. Fat acts as a food reserve and as padding and protection. The fat in the abdomen helps to protect the organs under it.
excess calories are stored as fat. smile* wiink*
Yes.
Because the body stores 'excess' food as fat.
Excess calories are stored in the body as fat cells. If too many of these acquire, a person gains weight as the fat builds up. Excess fat can cause health and body damage, so it is important to limit these excess calories by exercising and burning off some of them.