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visceral fat loss is sustained long-term

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There were 2 articles by the same Israeli research group that assessed the effects of lifestyle-induced visceral fat loss being associated with durable (5 and 10 years later) improvement in cardiometabolic health despite full weight gain: see visceral fat loss cardiovasc health Circ2026 in dropbox, or DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.079009)     -- this blog will be followed by a subsequent blog noting improved brain architecture as well as cognitive performance through visceral fat loss     -- given the potential profundity of their conclusions, i have included lots of data and graphs to demonstrate how they reached them   Details : -- these researchers invited participants from the Israeli CENTRAL study (Effect of Weight-Loss Diet Strategies and Exercise on Dynamics of Body Fat Depots and Metabolic Rate) with 278 participants having a 10 year follow-up, and the DIRECT-PLUS study (Effects of Green-Mediterranean Diet via the Gut-Fat-Brain Axis) conducted from 201...