Study: Stomach Cause Brittle Bones

Men with excessive fat around the abdomen has a high risk of heart disease and type 2 diabetes. Now researchers add to the potential disease osteoporosis.

 More than 37 million men in the United States over the age of 20 years classified as obese according to the National Center for Health Statistics. While obesity is associated with a number of health problems such as high blood pressure, high cholesterol, asthma, respiratory disorders during sleep and joint diseases.

While it is believed that as long as men are overweight low risk of osteoporosis. "Not true," said Dr.. Miriam Bredella, a radiologist and professor at Harvard Medical School. "Everyone thinks of bone fragility as a women's disease. Studies have focused on women, and men deemed risk-free. We especially want to examine a young man."
Bredella and perisetnya team evaluated 35 overweight men with an average age of 34 and body mass index ( BMI ) 36.5 average .
They were divided into 2 groups . One group of patients with subcutaneous fat or fat under the skin tissue and spread throughout the body . One group consisted of patients with deep fat located in the abdomen or in the muscle tissue in the abdominal cavity .
Fat is more dangerous deep
Deep fat that causes distended stomach even in thin people fat is more dangerous because it is located between the internal organs and is closely related to heart disease . Genetic factors , high-fat diet and exercise lifestyle without contributing to the deep fat .
" The most surprising turned out we were having a deep fat man with more brittle bones than men with subcutaneous fat group . These men are at the level of obesity and the same age group , " said Bredella .
In the study , the men through a ' CT scan ' or computed tomography of the stomach and thighs to calculate the fat mass and muscle , as well as high -resolution CT in the forearm . Participate bone strength assessed to predict fracture risk using a technique called finite element analysis ( FEA ) is used in mechanical engineering to determine the strength of the material for the design of bridges and aircraft .
The study found that the bone in the deep -fat group twice more fragile than in subcutaneous fat or fat in the whole body . The results also showed that muscle mass is positively associated with bone strength .
shortage of research
Professor Bredella states limited scale studies on the sophistication and cost of imaging tools that are used to predict risk . Since the first study , he has evaluated 30 other men with the same method , and the results remain the same .
There seem to be two main reasons why a deep fat can lead to osteoporosis, according Bredella. The first reason, everyone with a deep fat secrete less growth hormone which plays an important role in maintaining bone health. The second reason is the deep fat secrete specific molecules that cause inflammation that makes bones brittle.

The secretion of these molecules and their impact on the body to become the next focus of research Bredella.