skip to main content
LOTERRE

LOTERRE

Search from vocabulary

Content language

| español français
Search help

Concept information

Preferred term

ethnic variations in body fat storage  

Definition(s)

  • Research shows that ethnic groups exhibit varying patterns of fat distribution. Humans have two general patterns of fat distribution: androidal (commonly referred to as central or abdominal/truncal adiposity) and gynoidal (lower-body/peripheral adiposity), or described more colloquially by Marie Savard as “apple-shaped” or “pear-shaped,” respectively. [Source: Encyclopedia of Obesity; Ethnic Variations in Body Fat Storage]

Broader concept(s)

Belongs to group

URI

http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/N9J-DV1M66LW-C

Download this concept: