Big fat stomachs are a problem and not just if you are trying to look good nekkid.
The stomach poses a difficult health problem because all of that stomach hanging out is not made up of fat on the outside of the stomach, but in most cases is fat inside the stomach wall surrounding all of the organs in the abdominal area.
This condition is called central obesity and is a dangerous health condition because of the increased incidence of the onset of Type II diabetes. Now it’s not perfectly clear if having fat around the middle is a precursor to developing diabetes or if the initial onset of diabetes causes a person to gain weight around the middle. The evidence is just that the two seem to go together, no matter which comes first.
There are also studies that suggest that skipping breakfast causes people to develop a pot belly or excess fat in the stomach. My guess is that this is because often when breakfast is skipped a person may tend to snack between meals or even over eat at the next meal to make up for that increased feeling hunger from the longer periods between meals. Grandma was right breakfast just might be the most important meal of the day.
If you have developed that excess stomach fat a two-fold attack for getting rid of it is most effective. The two parts are diet and exercise. Now by diet that doesn’t necessarily mean a special group of foods, but rather how and when you eat. More meals of smaller caloric intake to keep a person from getting hungry and then compensating by overeating can be an effective way to manage calorie intake. Exercise can be as easy as just doing more walking by taking stairs whenever possible or even by parking farther away from stores when running errands. Those are two small changes, but they can have a big impact on better health.
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