Big bottoms are preferable
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A team of researchers at Oxford University have declared that carrying extra fat around the hips, buttocks and thighs is healthy, protecting against heart and metabolic problems. As we know, fat around the stomach, producing the dreaded “apple shape” torso is bad. “It is shape that matters and where the fat gathers,” said lead researcher Dr. Konstantinos Manolopoulos, to the BBC. Hey, nice rhymes, bro. [The Awl via ClaytonCubitt]
Now there’s beneficial health claims too…
Money quote: “As long as you are female and your hormones are female hormones you are protected from cardiovascular disease,” Manolopoulos said. “The moment you go into menopause and your hormones change, you lose your typical female appearance and you gain stomach fat and at the same time your risk for heart disease and diabetes becomes comparable to men of the same age.”
