Visceral fat wraps the organs and acts like a gland — secreting inflammatory signals, interfering with insulin, and taxing recovery. It is the fat that matters most, independent of body weight or BMI.
What matters most is the direction over time under the same conditions — is the number trending toward the Fit band, or drifting away from it? Your Radar scores every marker 0–100 on the same four-band continuum you see on your report: Fit (90+), Well (50–89), Short of well (26–49), Sick (25 and under). A score of 25 is the diagnosable line at any age. The values below are the age-40 reference — the bands shift with your age and sex, so use the calculator underneath for your own numbers.
Not all fat is the same. Subcutaneous fat — the fat under the skin — is largely storage. It sits quietly and holds energy. Visceral fat is different: it wraps the liver, pancreas, and intestines, and it behaves like an active endocrine organ.
Visceral fat secretes inflammatory molecules (adipokines, cytokines) directly into the portal circulation that feeds the liver. It distorts insulin signaling, drives up CRP, and suppresses the resolution of injury and exertion.
This is why two people at the same weight can have very different metabolic health. The scale does not tell you whether the fat you carry is inert or signaling. DXA and quality body-composition scales do.
VAT lives in Preserve Functionality because it is the body-composition marker that most erodes long-term reserve — the visceral depot grows as structural quality slips, and lowering it protects the metabolic buffer that keeps you capable over time. Lower visceral fat, and nearly every other marker improves with it.
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