Tag: belly fat

Your waist measurement may reveal how vulnerable you are to everyday air pollution

A new trial suggests belly fat, not BMI, decides who suffers most from air pollution.

Losing just 5% of your belly fat may transform your blood sugar and cholesterol

A small dent in deep belly fat was linked to sharply better cholesterol and blood sugar odds.

Belly fat plus low vitamin D may more than double your risk of dying early

A 6-year study of 5,520 adults over 50 links the combination to sharply higher mortality.

Losing belly fat may protect your health for years, even if the weight comes back

New Harvard research suggests the metabolic and brain benefits of losing visceral fat outlast the diet itself.

One weekly workout could reduce belly fat

New research suggests that just one workout a week could deliver many of the same health benefits as exercising three times weekly.

One weekly 75-minute interval walk cuts belly fat as well as three shorter sessions

A Hong Kong trial in 315 adults with central obesity backs the once-a-week approach.