Barbell Medicine
Episode #390: Why Your Waist Matters More Than Your Weight — The Science of Visceral Fat
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17 Mar 2026 · 44 min
Weight management
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You can have a completely normal BMI and be on your way to cardiovascular disease, type 2 diabetes, and metabolic syndrome without triggering a single alert on a standard health screening. The fat that predicts metabolic risk most accurately isn't the fat your scale or your doctor is tracking. Dr. Jordan Feigenbaum breaks down the science of visceral fat — what it is, how it causes disease, how to measure it correctly at home for free, and what the evidence actually shows about exercise, GLP-1 m