Don Dengel, Ph.D., professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP),  is a co-author of an article published in Journal of Obesity. The article, “Identification of Sex-Specific Threshold for Accumulation of Visceral Adipose Tissue in Adults,” examines a threshold in percent body fat where the accumulation of fat occurs in the abdominal area.The results of this study suggest that the accumulation of visceral adipose tissue is not linear with increasing adiposity. The study also reported that increases in visceral accumulation above a threshold point were associated with decreased insulin sensitivity and cardiovascular risk in males and females independent of total body fat.

Lead author on the article is Dr. Tyler Bosch a graduate of the School of Kinesiology (Ph.D., ’14). This article was part of Dr. Bosch’s doctoral dissertation. Donald R. Dengel, Ph.D., a professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology in the School of Kinesiology is the senior author on this article.