• krayj@sh.itjust.works
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      8 months ago

      Visceral fat builds up slowly over time (years) and the changes can be very subtle and unnoticeable until one day you just notice it.

      For Kwashiorkor - I really don’t know. It’s just something I’d heard of before, so I found a link to a description and dropped the reference. There are probably lots of other things it could be that I just haven’t heard about.

      I, personally, am affected by visceral fat and have been taking steps to lose it and that process is also very slow going, so I currently look like an average guy, but with a pronounced belly. It makes me look like shit in a t-shirt and has caused me to suffer from high blood pressure.

      • Nindelofocho@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        1
        ·
        8 months ago

        Im in the process of loosing weight and starting to notice that I have this. Is there something else other than just normal diet and exercise that helps?

        • krayj@sh.itjust.works
          link
          fedilink
          English
          arrow-up
          3
          ·
          edit-2
          8 months ago

          I’m not aware of anything proven other than diet & exercise. There are a few trending weight-loss drugs hitting the market right now, but from what I’ve seen they are expensive and come with their own side effects…so for me, it’s just doing it the proven old-fashioned way: diet & exercise.