When Is Your Belly Fat More Than Just a Bulge?
All of us store fat somewhere in our bodies.
Some store fat where it is visible and others where you can't see it.
Where your body stores its fat is determined in part by your age, sex, and hormones.
Belly fat, sometimes called a love handle, potbelly, or spare tire, means you carry more fat in and around your abdominal organs.
Fat deposited primarily around your middle increases your risk of many of the serious conditions associated with obesity.
Even if you have wash board abs you can still have belly fat.
The fat you can see/visible fat/ is just under the skin (subcutaneous) skin, and is stored in the thighs, hips, buttocks, and belly (abdomen).
For appearances sake many people are concerned about the fat they can see but it's the hidden fat, the visceral, that should be the concern.
When a body's obese, it can run out of places to store fat and begin storing it in and around the organs, such as the heart and liver.
The excess accumulation of belly fat is more dangerous than excess fat around your hips and thighs, and buttocks.
Belly fat is associated with serious health problems, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
Genetics plays an important role in your being obese or overweight, and it also helps to determine where you carry this extra fat.
Poor lifestyle choices, such as over eating and under exercising, tend to make matters worse.
Surprisingly the not so attractive pear shape, with its fatter hips and thighs, is considered safer than an apple shape, which describes a wider waistline.
There is no single cause of belly fat, and eating excess calories of any kind can increase your waistline and contribute to belly fat.
Eating high-fat foods is not helpful, but excess calories of any kind can increase your waistline and contribute to belly fat.
Visceral fat within the abdominal wall is frequently measured flabby waist circumference.
There is a definite link between waist circumference measurements and obesity related disease risks.
Even if you are thin you can still have too much visceral fat The excess accumulation of belly fat is more dangerous than excess fat around your hips and thighs, and buttocks.
Visceral fat within the abdominal wall is frequently measured flabby waist circumference.
Due to sex hormone differences women have more subcutaneous fat (the kind that is under the skin) than men, so those extra fat calories tend to be deposited in their arms, thighs, and buttocks, as well as their bellies.
Because men have less subcutaneous fat, they store more in their bellies.
The experts tells us that when waist circumference is greater than 35 inches (87.
5cm) for women and greater 40 inches (100cm) for men it is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and overall mortality.
This is when belly fat is more than just a bulge and could be a matter of life or death.
Some store fat where it is visible and others where you can't see it.
Where your body stores its fat is determined in part by your age, sex, and hormones.
Belly fat, sometimes called a love handle, potbelly, or spare tire, means you carry more fat in and around your abdominal organs.
Fat deposited primarily around your middle increases your risk of many of the serious conditions associated with obesity.
Even if you have wash board abs you can still have belly fat.
The fat you can see/visible fat/ is just under the skin (subcutaneous) skin, and is stored in the thighs, hips, buttocks, and belly (abdomen).
For appearances sake many people are concerned about the fat they can see but it's the hidden fat, the visceral, that should be the concern.
When a body's obese, it can run out of places to store fat and begin storing it in and around the organs, such as the heart and liver.
The excess accumulation of belly fat is more dangerous than excess fat around your hips and thighs, and buttocks.
Belly fat is associated with serious health problems, such as heart disease, high blood pressure, stroke, and type 2 diabetes.
Genetics plays an important role in your being obese or overweight, and it also helps to determine where you carry this extra fat.
Poor lifestyle choices, such as over eating and under exercising, tend to make matters worse.
Surprisingly the not so attractive pear shape, with its fatter hips and thighs, is considered safer than an apple shape, which describes a wider waistline.
There is no single cause of belly fat, and eating excess calories of any kind can increase your waistline and contribute to belly fat.
Eating high-fat foods is not helpful, but excess calories of any kind can increase your waistline and contribute to belly fat.
Visceral fat within the abdominal wall is frequently measured flabby waist circumference.
There is a definite link between waist circumference measurements and obesity related disease risks.
Even if you are thin you can still have too much visceral fat The excess accumulation of belly fat is more dangerous than excess fat around your hips and thighs, and buttocks.
Visceral fat within the abdominal wall is frequently measured flabby waist circumference.
Due to sex hormone differences women have more subcutaneous fat (the kind that is under the skin) than men, so those extra fat calories tend to be deposited in their arms, thighs, and buttocks, as well as their bellies.
Because men have less subcutaneous fat, they store more in their bellies.
The experts tells us that when waist circumference is greater than 35 inches (87.
5cm) for women and greater 40 inches (100cm) for men it is associated with an increased risk of heart disease, metabolic syndrome, and overall mortality.
This is when belly fat is more than just a bulge and could be a matter of life or death.
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