First it was fat and therefore bad for health, later, was said to be less bad than the abdominal and now we know that is not bad and could soon be shown to be even good, to “catch” in it and neutralize substances harmful to our body. So, if we leave aside the questions of aesthetics (subjective, changing and secondary), fat butt and thighs has gone from villain to hero. By contrast, the belly is, increasingly, the bad guy.
Abdominal fat is made up of visceral fat cells tend to rupture and release substances harmful to health: free fatty acids which generate insulin resistance (with the consequent risk of diabetes, lipid disorders and hypertension) are detrimental to liver, pancreas, muscles and heart, which infiltrate fat and, finally, can cause heart failure and other circulatory problems, because they generate proinflammatory substances.
By contrast, fat thighs and buttocks does not have these problems. The International Journal of Obesity has published a review of research in this field. While such research is in its infancy, and can make several statements about fat thighs and buttocks. And all good, if we leave aside the aesthetic issues (always lower compared with health) and certain mechanical effects could be negative because of the increased weight would have to bear the joints.
