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Question about type of belly from consuming too many calories

  • 23-02-2012 01:17PM
    #1
    cojomo2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,220 ✭✭✭


    Strange question. Some fat people have huge round firm bellies, kinda like a pregnant woman. Others have equally big bellies but not so round/firm, instead it's just layers of flab hanging towards the floor.

    I have heard that this depends where you get you calories from, and not just down to genetics. i.e subject A consumes 3000 calories more than necessary on a daily basis, but these calories come from beer/cider/spirits...this results in a balloon type belly(round and hard).

    Subject B also over consumes by 3000 cals a day, but these calories come from fast food..this results in the flabby soft hanging belly...

    Any truth or just myth?


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  • #2
    seamus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Just a myth, calories are calories.

    It's more likely down to the individual's history than what they're consuming. Men in general tend to gather fat around their midriff. This is where the bulk of their adipose tissue exists.
    A man who has been slim and athletic for most of his life but who later starts overeating, will primarily start storing his fat within this adipose tissue on the belly. It will store elsewhere that it can find adipose tissue, but to a lesser extent.

    A man who has a history of excess weight - especially before puberty - will have more adipose tissue spread out over more of his body and so the fat will be deposited more equally. The belly will still be a focal point, as with all men, but it won't be quite so packed in.


  • #3
    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,833 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Sorry OP - But in Food & Drink we're only concerned about what we put in our bellies, not what shape they are. :)

    The good folk in Nutrition & Diet may be better able to answer you on this...

    Moved from F&D to N&D.

    tHB


  • #4
    El_Dangeroso
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    Hormones are huge determinants of where weight goes on, for example when women hit puberty they will gain fat on the hips and thighs. Cortisol is a big promoter of belly fat gain. How food influence these hormones is less clear based on current research.

    Your diet can definitely determine where you lose weight from and what type of weight you lose. There's tonnes of studies on this. A protein calorie is not equivalent to a carb or fat calorie when it comes to losing weight. Sometime too little protein can result in muscle loss, but too much protein results in higher cortisol, it's a balancing act.

    My favourite study is one where increased sleep spares muscle compared to sleep deprivation. Both groups lost on average the same amount of weight but one group lost more muscle the other more belly fat.


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