South Asian Visceral Adiposity & Cardiometabolic Nutrition Guide (BMI >= 23.0 kg/m²)

Clinical epidemiology demonstrates that South Asian adults exhibit higher visceral adipose tissue (VAT), lower skeletal muscle mass, and earlier hepatic insulin resistance at a given BMI compared to Caucasian populations—prompting the WHO Asia-Pacific consensus cutoff of BMI ≥ 23.0 kg/m² for overweight and BMI ≥ 25.0 kg/m² for clinical obesity.

Nutritional Strategy for Visceral Fat Reduction

Replacing high-glycemic refined white rice and sugary beverages with high-fiber legumes, non-starchy vegetables, omega-3-rich fish, and protein-first meal sequencing blunts postprandial glucose excursions by 35–40% and progressively reduces waist circumference (< 90 cm in men, < 80 cm in women).