The year-end and New Year holidays spent finishing the year with loved ones. However, within this peaceful time quietly, yet surely, there is a ticking time bomb in our bodies that threatens health. It is "belly fat." Why does the belly protrude even when body weight stays the same? Why does only belly fat refuse to go away despite exercise? 'Is the saying "waist circumference is life span" an exaggeration, or is it science?
Belly fat is often dismissed as a "natural change with aging" because it does not cause immediate major inconvenience in daily life. However, recent studies point to fat accumulated in the abdomen as a health risk factor rather than a simple change in body shape. The Korean Society for the Study of Obesity sets waist circumference of 90 cm for men and 85 cm for women as the standard for abdominal obesity and warns that the risk of metabolic disease may increase. In other words, measuring waist circumference is a more important gauge of your health than weighing yourself. According to U.S. academia, even if body weight does not increase, each 5 cm increase in waist circumference raises mortality risk by about 7% for men and about 9% for women. Abdominal obesity has been reported to be closely associated not only with diabetes, high blood pressure and cardiovascular disease but also with the risk of cancer.
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