title: Decreased diet-induced thermogenesis in gluteal-femoral obesity.
abstract: Resting metabolic rate (RMR) and diet-induced thermogenesis (DIT), induced by 100 g glucose given orally, were measured in two groups of obese women, characterized by the abdominal or gluteal-femoral type of obesity. No difference in RMR was found between the two groups. Obese women with an abdominal fat mass distribution have a higher and more prolonged DIT in comparison with gluteal-femoral obese women. This finding may help explain why women with upper body obesity are more able to lose weight than women with lower body obesity.
authors.affiliation: University of Antwerp (UIA), Department of Endocrinology, Metabolism, and Clinical Nutrition, Belgium.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Vansant
authors.forename: L F
authors.initials: LF
authors.lastname: Van Gaal
authors.forename: I H
authors.initials: IH
authors.lastname: De Leeuw
mesh_terms: D000005:Abdomen; D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000378:metabolism*; D000328:Adult; D001823:Body Composition; D001833:Body Temperature Regulation; D002081:Buttocks; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D005947:Glucose / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D006801:Humans; D009765:Obesity / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000378:metabolism*; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology
chemical_list: D005947:Glucose