Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Visceral obesity is a primary risk factor for metabolic syndrome and is associated with short- and long-term effects on physical and psychosocial health. It is now known that body mass index (BMI), which is used as the main method of diagnosing obesity, does not allow the assessment of body composition and differentiation of visceral adipose tissue.The aim of the study. To investigate the features of body composition that influence metabolic risks in primary scho...