A 1990 study points out the relationship between body fat distribution and breast cancer.

Little is known about the effects of body fat distribution on reproductive function in women.

What is the importance of body fat distribution?

To study the effect of body fat distribution in women of reproductive age on fecundity.

Body fat distribution in women of reproductive age seems to have more impact on fertility than age or obesity.

Body fat distribution may change from time to time, depending on food habits, activity levels and hormone levels.

It is not known, however, whether body fat distribution has any effect on the ability to conceive (fecundity) independent of weight and menstrual disorders.

Body fat distribution appears to be regulated by genetic factors we inherit, which helps explain why some people are more prone to obesity than others.

The accuracy of these estimates is more dependent on a person's unique body fat distribution than on the number of sites measured.

Body fat distribution varies.

In her first study, men were shown a series of 12 drawings of women with various WHR's and body fat distribution.

Among men and women, there are differences in body weight, height, body fat distribution, heart rate, stroke volume, and arterial compliance.

However, other studies have found that waist circumference, not WHR, to be a good indicator of cardiovascular risk factors, body fat distribution and hypertension in type 2 diabetes.

- The paper entitled "Biology of Regional Body Fat Distribution: Relationship of to non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus".

The WHtR should not be confused with the Waist-hip ratio (WHR), which has also been used to measure body fat distribution.

These effects seems related both to the persistence of obesity and to the effects of childhood or adolescent obesity on the quantity and location of body fat distribution.

Quetelet's index (kg/m) was calculated as a measure of total fatness (body mass index) and waist to hip ratio as a measure of body fat distribution.

We studied 500 women aged 20 to 42 years presenting for artificial insemination to determine effects of body fat distribution while controlling for weight and other variables on the chance of conception.

Swanson CA, Potischman N, Wilbanks GD, et al.: Relation of endometrial cancer risk to past and contemporary body size and body fat distribution.

The onset of puberty is typically identified by menarche and the presence of secondary sexual characteristics such as breast development, the appearance of pubic hair and changes to body fat distribution.

Shu XO, Brinton LA, Zheng W, et al.: Relation of obesity and body fat distribution to endometrial cancer in Shanghai, China.

Weight and Waist Measurement explains two simple measures-BMI and waist circumference-to help people determine if their weight and/or body fat distribution are putting their health at risk.

The typically female (or gynecoid) pattern of body fat distribution around the hips, thighs, and buttocks, is subcutaneous fat, and therefore poses less of a health risk compared to visceral fat.