This work pushes diagnostics toward seeing beneath the surface. Imaging can reveal tissue-level signals that blood pressure and cholesterol values don’t capture on their own. For clinicians and people planning long-term health, that opens pathways to earlier interventions and more personalized monitoring that focus on where fat is located, not only how much exists overall.
For anyone curious about human potential and inclusive health, the study points toward fairer ways to evaluate risk across different bodies. Learning how internal fat affects the heart prompts fresh questions about prevention, access to advanced screening, and how lifestyle or medical strategies might be tailored. Follow the link to explore how these MRI findings could change who we consider “healthy” and how we protect everyone’s cardiovascular future.
McMaster researchers found that deep abdominal and liver fat can quietly damage arteries, even in people who appear fit. Their MRI-based study of over 33,000 adults shows these fats are closely linked to artery thickening and stroke risk, regardless of cholesterol or blood pressure. The findings challenge BMI as a reliable indicator of health and suggest new imaging-based approaches to assessing cardiovascular risk.