Intermuscular Fat: A Review of the Consequences and Causes

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Intermuscular fat is generally considered to be any fat (including the fat between muscle groups and within a muscle) found beneath the fascia of a muscle and is the widest definition for fat beneath the fascia of a muscle. Intramuscular fat is the visible fat found within a muscle. Intermuscular is considered to be an ectopic fat depot similar to visceral adipose tissue (VAT) found in the abdomen.