It is worth revisiting the July 2019 study by the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center which said,
"Visceral fat can affect local organs or the entire body system. Systemically it can affect your heart and liver, as well as abdominal organs.”
"When studies use weight or body mass index as a metric, we don't know if the interventions are reducing fat everywhere in the body, or just near the surface."
"The location and type of fat is important. If you just measure weight or BMI, you can underestimate the benefit to your health of losing weight,"
"Exercise can actually melt visceral fat."
"Some people who are obese get heart disease, diabetes, or metabolic syndrome - and others don't."
"Our study suggests that a combination of approaches can help lower visceral fat and potentially prevent these diseases."