Re: Location of fat deposits in the human body

[Guest guest]

Hi Tony:

Interesting stuff. It would he helpful if we knew the BMI of the

individual. And also to see similar diagrams for people with

different BMIs.

Perhaps the reason there is not a lot of fat under the skin in the

cross sections shown may be because the person had a lowish BMI.

Rodney.

>

> Several months ago, I met a person working on the " Visible Human "

> project at NIH. Several bodies donated for research were frozen,

thin

> sliced, photographed, and digitized. The result is a set of data

that

> is very valuable for medical research and teaching.

>

> Some of the projects have produced web applications that allow

viewing

> the distribution of fat in the body. When you view the pictures

from

> the following links (University of Colorado), you can click at any

> location of the body to obtain a transversal view at that point.

>

> I was quite amazed to see that most of the fat is stored right under

> the skin, even for obese people. Abdominal fat seems to be a very

> small percentage of the total body fat.

>

> Visible human: female

> http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/chs/browse/browse_f.html

>

> Visible human: male

> http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/chs/browse/browse_m.html

>

> Tony

[Guest guest]

Are the feet reversed or is that my imagination?

The fat layers may be for the "typical" human sampled.

I have virtually no fat on the back of my hands anymore. If you look at a baby's hands the knuckles are set in for a few years.

Most of my hair has moved to my nose and ears.

I believe there may be a lot of fat under the skin especially in youngers, but the looks of that fat changes for sure. Maybe the character of the fat changes?

I don't see a lot of visceral fat.

I recall the convict they sliced after execution and he was a fairly well built guy, not a lot of fat and certainly not typical.

Regards.

----- Original Message -----

From: Rodney

Sent: Sunday, April 03, 2005 8:52 AM

Subject: [ ] Re: Location of fat deposits in the human body

Hi Tony: Interesting stuff. It would he helpful if we knew the BMI of the individual. And also to see similar diagrams for people with different BMIs.Perhaps the reason there is not a lot of fat under the skin in the cross sections shown may be because the person had a lowish BMI.Rodney.> > Several months ago, I met a person working on the "Visible Human"> project at NIH. Several bodies donated for research were frozen, thin> sliced, photographed, and digitized. The result is a set of data that> is very valuable for medical research and teaching. > > Some of the projects have produced web applications that allow viewing> the distribution of fat in the body. When you view the pictures from> the following links (University of Colorado), you can click at any> location of the body to obtain a transversal view at that point. > > I was quite amazed to see that most of the fat is stored right under> the skin, even for obese people. Abdominal fat seems to be a very> small percentage of the total body fat.> > Visible human: female> http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/chs/browse/browse_f.html> > Visible human: male> http://www.uchsc.edu/sm/chs/browse/browse_m.html> > Tony