adipocentric

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In order to give greater recognition to the "adipocentric" (fat tissue as a central cause) paradigm of metabolic disease, a "Adiposopathy Working Group" was assembled to develop a consensus regarding whether adipospathy was truly an endocrine disease.

Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en] 2008
A review outlined the way in which a marked reduction in carbohydrate intake leads to a general change in metabolism from a "glucocentric" (glucose) to an "adipocentric" (ketone bodies, fatty acids) metabolism (8).

Discussion Forum - TuDiabetes 2010