Lower Body Fat Composition But Fatter Stomach
Q: comment on Q 274: you said 'I don't see how lower overall body fat can result in higher visceral fat concentrations'.
But it is true that a person with an 11% body fat composition can have a fatter stomach than someone with an 16% BC.
A: It's virtually impossible that an 11% BF has more subcutaneous fat than a 16% BF person. It is probably possible that the 11% BF person has more visceral fat (deep inter-organ fat) than the 16% BF person. But having or not having high visceral fat is by no means a consequence of having low overall fat. So I still think comparing BF% and visceral fat concentrations is comparing apples and oranges. It's kind of like asking 'isn't it possible for the 11% BF person to have cancer'? It's certainly possible, but it doesn't have anything to do with his BF%.