With some body fat stored, which doesn’t mean a lot of fat, the question is how much to worry about risk of heart disease, diabetes, or other of the known harms of being overweight or obese. The question is the distribution of fat: central or peripheral. Central or abdominal fat (more frequent in men; but after menopause women become more susceptible to it), is the most associated with the metabolic complications of obesity; important factor in cardiovascular disease. Waist circumference, measured at navel height, up to 40 inches for men and 34 inches for women is the healthy limit. Good news: Central fat tends to be easier to mobilize than peripheral fat.
The entrance “Tummy” was first published on newspaper the caribbean.
