Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology, is a co-author on an article published in the Journal of Obesity. “Visceral adiposity in persons with chronic spinal cord injury determined by dual energy x-ray absorptiometry” determined visceral adiposity levels in individuals with spinal cord injury using dual energy x-ray absorptiometry for the first time. The authors found higher levels of visceral adiposity in individuals who suffered a spinal cord injury than healthy controls. These higher levels of visceral adiposity may lead to the early development of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors.