South Asian Body Composition

How is the South Asian Body Composition different?

South Asians have a low lean mass. South Asians have low lean tissue mass relative to height, which contributes to their elevated type 2 diabetes likelihood, particularly when obese as well.

South Asians also have different amounts of fat and lean mass.

Where this fat is stored on then body is important to note. South Asians tend to store fat in the liver, abdomen, and muscles (known as visceral or ectopic fat). Visceral fat causes more harm than subcutaneous fat, which is fat stored beneath the skin.

South Asians are at a higher risk for diabetes and heart disease than any other ethnic group, according to Stanford Health.

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