What best defines visceral fat?

• A. Fat stored under the skin
• B. Fat stored within the abdominal cavity surrounding internal organs, linked to metabolic diseases
• C. Fat stored in the chest
• D. Fat stored in muscles

Answer: (B)

Visceral fat is the fat stored inside the abdominal cavity, wrapping around internal organs. This location makes it more metabolically active and closely tied to health risks, such as insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. The description that specifies fat within the abdominal cavity surrounding internal organs and linked to metabolic diseases best captures what visceral fat is.

Fat under the skin is subcutaneous fat, not visceral. Fat in the chest isn’t visceral fat, and fat stored in muscles is intramuscular fat. Those locations describe different fat depots, not the dangerous abdominal fat around organs.