What Are the Causes of Excess Abdominal Fat?
While an improper diet and a lack of exercise may be the most common reason why people have excess abdominal fat, it would be wrong to label that the most probable cause. Different people have belly fat for different reasons. Everyone’s body and physical makeup are different. Some people who over eat and don’t exercise may build up a lot of abdominal fat. In others, it may go straight to hips, thighs, or bottom. Others may indulge in poor diets and never gain any abdominal fat, while someone else may eat everything they should and nothing they shouldn’t and still have a belly. Let’s take a look at several probable causes of abdominal fat. 1. Metabolism – Some people are lucky enough to have fast metabolisms, meaning they burn off most of the fat that they eat. Those who have slower metabolism will retain a lot of the fat they consume, and quite often it goes right to the stomach. Metabolism generally slows down as we age and that would explain why there are so many people over the age
