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The size of your belly fat could be used to measure your chances of having heart failure and type 2 diabetes.
Thickness of the fat around the abdomen could be used to detect the likelihood of suffering from obesity.
Abdominal obesity is linked to heart failure and metabolic syndrome, a cluster of conditions that lead to type 2 diabetes and cardiovascular disease.
The researchers said Electrical Impedance Tomography EIT imaging could be used to get more accurate measurements of the thickness of the fat around the abdomen.
Result of the measurement could allow doctors to make more accurate evaluations about the potential risk of conditions linked to abdominal obesity.
High deposition of fat tissue in the abdominal area has been associated with type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease and cancer.