Steve Field
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.
Someone can be muscular but still have excess fat on their body if they have a high muscle mass but also a high percentage of body fat. This can happen if they consume more calories than they burn, leading to the storage of excess fat in their body even though they have developed muscles through exercise.
It is stored as fat.
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.
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.
excess calories are stored as fat. smile* wiink*
Yes.
Because the body stores 'excess' food as fat.