Blunted lipolytic response to fasting in abdominally obese women: evidence for involvement of hyposomatotropism.

Buijs MM, Burggraaf J, Wijbrandts C, de Kam ML, Frölich M, Cohen AF, Romijn JA, Sauerwein HP, Meinders AE, Pijl H

Abdominal obesity is associated with a blunted lipolytic response to fasting that may contribute to the preservation of adipose tissue mass.