Call it what you like: Beer belly, protruding gut, spare tire orother creative names. What you’re referring to is the visibleconsequence of the omentum. Often described as a “fatty apron,” the omentum ...

The omentum is a curtain of fatty tissue that hangs down from our stomach and liver and wraps around the intestines. A push to renew research into an understudied gut organ is gaining momentum. The ...