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her risk of heart disease than people with “pear shaped” bodies, or more fat at the thigh or hips.

“Researchers are working to understand how abdominal fat and subcutaneous fat, which is fat located closer to the surface just beneath the skin, differ in response to the body’s need to use fat for energy,” says Sherry Marts, Ph.D., vice president of scientific affairs for the Society for Women’s Health Research in Washington, D.C. “It is known that, on the whole, pre-menopausal women who gain fat add it to the subcutaneous fat, mostly on the hips and thighs. Men and women after menopause, tend to add fat to the deeper reserves in the abdominal area.”

Increased levels of fat in the abdomen are linked to a higher risk of cardiovascular disease, but the precise influence of this visceral fat is not yet understood.

Despite the fact that weight loss can be achieved equally through diet or fitness, according to the study, both are important for a person’s overall health. Weight loss isn’t the only reason to diet and exercise. Regular exercise has been shown to lower your risk for many diseases including: heart disease, type 2 diabetes and certain types of cancer. In addition, many experts recommend that permanent weight loss should be achieved with consistent dietary restrictions, low-caloric and low-fat foods, and regular exercise.

But if you’re looking to tone certain areas of your body with exercise, think again! The researchers also discovered that fat distribution was not affected by either approach. The exercise group was not able to eliminate fat in certain parts of the body: so much for sit ups!

“We found that fat is reduced consistently across the whole body and not more in any one part,” says Redman. “We found some evidence in other studies that suggested the way in which we store fat is linked to our genetics and our study then would indicate that weight loss cannot override the way in which any indiv
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