Visceral Fat Score

Visceral fat is the fat that surrounds your abdominal organs deep within your body. You cannot always feel or see. In fact, you can have a flat stomach and still have visceral fat. Visceral fat is wrapped around large organs such as liver, pancreas, and kidney. Visceral fat provides some distance between each organ.

Healthy visceral fat levels help isolate and protect your organs and play a role in your endocrine and immune function. But research has shown that excess visceral fat triggers type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, heart disease and even some cancers.

It’s hard to decide how much visceral fat you have. However, a protruding belly and a large waist are two signs that you have too much.

DigiME gives visceral fat scores between 0 and 9 based on all available information. A rating between 0 and 4.9 indicates  healthy visceral fat level. A grade between 4.9 and 9 indicates that you have excessive visceral fat.