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3. Sleep Deprivation. There is a link between sleep loss and weight gain. Research shows that people who routinely don’t get enough sleep tend to eat higher-calorie and higher-fat diets.. Not ...
Foods high in sugar, like candy, can have some not-so-sweet effects on belly fat, especially post-menopause. "These are high in refined sugar and low in nutrients," Ficek says.
Researchers from the University of Toronto have studied the benefits of beans in adults, including those over 50, and found that adding 5 cups of canned navy beans to the diet per week, on top of ...
These associations were not attenuated when fat intake and calorie intake was accounted for. [37] [38] Similarly, heavy consumption of fried food is linked to greater obesity risk on a population level. [39] On a more individual level, the relative risk of fried food consumption and increased weight gain seems to depend on genetic ...
“Visceral fat lies behind your abdominal muscles, and wraps around organs like the stomach, liver and intestines,” says Lainey Younkin, M.S., RD. “Too much visceral fat has been linked to ...
When women reach menopause and the estrogen produced by ovaries declines, fat at their buttocks, hips, and thighs decreases while fat at their belly increases. [ 99 ] [ 100 ] 50% of men and 70% of women in the United States between the ages of 50 and 79 years now [ when? ] exceed the waist circumference threshold for central obesity.
Lipedema is a condition that is almost exclusively found in women [3] and results in enlargement of both legs due to deposits of fat under the skin. [2] Women of any weight may be affected [2] [3] and the fat is resistant to traditional weight-loss methods. [4] There is no cure and typically it gets worse over time, pain may be present, and ...
In particular, alcohol intake often increases around midlife for women (and men) and that leads to abdominal weight gain. Exacerbating any actual fat gain around the midsection is bloating ...