Dr. Donald Dengel, professor of kinesiology and director of the Laboratory of Integrative Human Physiology (LIHP), is a co-author of an article to be published in the journal of Clinical Obesity.
The article is titled, “The Relative Contributions of the Abdominal Visceral and Subcutaneous Fat Depots to Cardiometabolic Risk in Youth.” The research examined the effects of abdominal fat in children on the development of cardiovascular and metabolic risk factors.

Lead author of this article is Dr. Aaron Kelly, a graduate of the School of Kinesiology (Ph.D., ’04). Dr. Kelly is currently an assistant professor in the Division of Epidemiology and Clinical Research within the University of Minnesota’s Department of Pediatrics.