May 16, 2015 5:03 PM GMT
NYT: Belly fat is pernicious. Most of it consists of visceral, or deep, fat, which is physiologically different from subcutaneous fat, the kind that settles just beneath your skin.
The good news about fighting visceral fat is that it seems to be uniquely vulnerable to exercise.
It is not clear, though, whether some types of exercise are better than others at whittling waistlines. A comprehensive 2013 review concluded that programs combining aerobic exercise and occasional sessions of weight training were superior to either type of exercise alone at reducing belly fat.
One exercise that will not slim your belly is the situp, despite entrenched beliefs to the contrary.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/ask-well-reducing-belly-fat/?ref=health
The good news about fighting visceral fat is that it seems to be uniquely vulnerable to exercise.
It is not clear, though, whether some types of exercise are better than others at whittling waistlines. A comprehensive 2013 review concluded that programs combining aerobic exercise and occasional sessions of weight training were superior to either type of exercise alone at reducing belly fat.
One exercise that will not slim your belly is the situp, despite entrenched beliefs to the contrary.
http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2015/05/15/ask-well-reducing-belly-fat/?ref=health