The Claim
Leptin mRNA expression levels are significantly lower in visceral adipose tissue compared to subcutaneous adipose tissue in both lean and obese Chinese adult populations.
What the research says
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In Chinese adults, the gene that makes the hunger-controlling hormone leptin is less active in fat stored around the organs inside the belly compared to fat stored under the skin, whether someone is lean or obese.
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Leptin mRNA expression is lower in visceral adipose tissue compared to subcutaneous adipose tissue in both lean and obese Chinese adults
Fat around the organs produces more inflammatory signals and more active stress hormone than fat under the skin. This combination turns down the gene that makes the hunger hormone signal, so less of it is made in belly fat.
What the research says
1 studyStudy: Comparison of gene transcription between subcutaneous and visceral adipose tissue in Chinese adults.
In Chinese adults, whether thin or overweight, the fat around the organs inside the belly makes less of the hunger hormone signal than the fat under the skin. The study measured this directly and found it to be true.
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