Body fat mass distribution: A possible explanation for lower diabetes risk associated with dairy food consumption
In this study, higher milk and low-fat dairy consumption was observed in participants who had a healthier abdominal fat distribution and a higher body lean mass, characteristics associated with a lower risk of metabolic disease including type 2 diabetes. Lead researchers Eirini Trichia, Fumiaki Imamura and Nita Forouhi from the Medical Research Council (MRC) Epidemiology Unit at the University of Cambridge in the UK aimed to evaluate the association between dairy consumption and objectively measured markers of body composition in over 12,000 adults (aged 30 to 65) recruited to the Fenland Study -- a population based cohort study of adults in Cambridgeshire, UK -- between 2005 and 2015. Daily servings of different dairy products were assessed from food frequency questionnaires, and dual energy x-ray absorptiometry scans and ultrasound were used to measure markers of body composition. These markers included: the ratio of visceral adipose tissue to subcutaneous adipose tissue (VAT/...