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Ladies, when you look at yourself in the mirror, what kind of fruit do you see? Is your body shaped more like an apple or a pear? If you tend to carry fat through your hips and thighs, you are a pear. You are also in luck! What's so lucky about being bottom-heavy? According to new research out of Harvard Medical School, that buttock and hip fat may actually be protecting you against type 2 diabetes.
Researchers say that while those with apple shaped bodies - where fat is stored in the midsection - were found to be more prone to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, pear-shaped bodies were less likely to suffer from these disorders.
Scientists have known for some time that there are different types of fat that accumulate in our bodies. "The surprising thing was that it wasn't where the fat was located, it was the kind of fat that was the most important variable," said researcher Dr. Ronald Kahn. "Even more surprising, it wasn't that abdominal fat was exerting negative effects but that subcutaneous fat was producing a good effect."
To be honest, I am a little confused by the details offered by Dr. Kahn. But any study that tells me it is okay to have a big butt is one I am happy to embrace.
Researchers say that while those with apple shaped bodies - where fat is stored in the midsection - were found to be more prone to type 2 diabetes and heart disease, pear-shaped bodies were less likely to suffer from these disorders.
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Scientists have known for some time that there are different types of fat that accumulate in our bodies. "The surprising thing was that it wasn't where the fat was located, it was the kind of fat that was the most important variable," said researcher Dr. Ronald Kahn. "Even more surprising, it wasn't that abdominal fat was exerting negative effects but that subcutaneous fat was producing a good effect."
To be honest, I am a little confused by the details offered by Dr. Kahn. But any study that tells me it is okay to have a big butt is one I am happy to embrace.
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ReaderComments (Page 2 of 2)
1-09-2009 @ 11:16AM
Lynn said...Well, I've always been proud of my big butt and thighs that touch! lol
I'm not fat (size 10). But, now, I have one more reason to embrace it!
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1-09-2009 @ 1:29PM
J said...Size 10 IS fat unless you are 6 feet tall!
1-10-2009 @ 11:45AM
Eileen said...JB is correct. Some of you cough, cough, Danielle have problems with reading comprehension, I see. No where in the study does it suggest that you should start eating like a pig and gain obscene amounts of weight. The study deals with body shape and how and where fat is stored and how it correlates to type two diabetes.
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1-09-2009 @ 11:55AM
Theresa said...I think Oprah looks better since she gained her weight back. I do not know why she thinks she has to be super model thin. It is just not right. I have moved up to a size 12 as I got older, and I feel and look great. I wish someone would tell Oprah that we loved her before she lost her weight, and that she is beautiful just like she is. She is a strong and confident woman. A few extra pounds should not change that.
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1-09-2009 @ 11:46AM
Sonja Dunbar said...Danielle sounds like someone who is obsessed with being thin and that being thin is be all, end all for good health. Not true! I've known more thin people who have had multiple health problems including heart problems and cancer. My mother is 101 and was never thin, as was her mother who lived to be 95 and her mother who lived to be 103. Another family of 5 sisters, the fattest one lived to be the oldest of them all - 102! The thinnest sister lived the shortest life. I am about the same size as my mother was at my age, considered quite overweight by today's standards. By the way, my mother and I both have/had big butts!!!
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1-09-2009 @ 1:00PM
mmsommersjoker2 said...You are right BOB we are very sexy because we have curves like a women should!!!!!! I for one am glad that I am not like a boy. What is sexy about that. The sexiest women in Hollywood, I am using that as a reference because everyone knows who these women are, are by far the sexiest. Eva Mendes or Madonna. Who do you think is sexier? I do not like the term pear shaped but I like apple shaped even less.
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1-09-2009 @ 1:12PM
cici said...I am so glad that my booty is healthy! I exercise and eat right, but vstill have a round bottom and thick thighs. Being lazy and eating a bunch of junk is really bad, but as long as you eat well and exercise you are better off.
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1-09-2009 @ 1:16PM
Annee said...When global warming fries the bread basket regions, you skinny people will be the first to go. Ha
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1-09-2009 @ 1:59PM
Mandy said...People are one of three basic body types: endomorph (softer, not a lot of muscle), mesomorph (builds muscle quickly) or ectomorph (thin with little muscle tone). You can adjust your eating and exercising habits to try to shape your body, but you cannot make your body something that it is not and never will be. Some people will always have a larger bottom or be a little soft because that's the way they were made. It doesn't mean they're fat or unhealthy.
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1-09-2009 @ 1:29PM
doubltroubl7174 said...Danielle is obviously thin and has no clue how to be tactful to bigger women. We know the issues, Danielle, no need to make us feel worse about our weight. I know I don't need someone harping on me, its annoying, rude and quite biggotted.
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1-09-2009 @ 1:34PM
lagatamordida said...i have a big butt. im 5'2 and 110 pounds, i dont think i'm considered "fat"....we're just CURVY ;)
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1-10-2009 @ 1:09PM
Bill said...I'm only a male who has always perfured a full figured woman over a flat cheasted or 105 lb skinny. Think shoud be something ther to put your arms around
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1-11-2009 @ 8:44PM
Danielle said...Storing excess fat anywhere is bad. The article IS talking about body shape, but also FAT. Fat is bad, period. As a matter of fact, 34 percent of people in the US are considered OBESE and 32 percent are considered OVERWEIGHT. . . That's 66 percent of the population! THAT'S why there is an increase in cases of diabetes in younger people (TYPE 2), and heart disease. But, that's okay, if 66 percent of the population want to stay in denial, go for it! I'm staying educated and working hard to eat right and exercise to keep the fat off.
And, by the way, I said NOTHING about eating like a pig and gaining obscene amounts of weight. I think Eileen needs to work on reading comprehension.
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3-22-2010 @ 4:51PM
Vin Broccoli said...The world is now coming to realize what I have been preaching for years...
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