Why women thicker than men, new research

Why are women more likely than men having stocks of excess fat on your stomach? Researchers from Ohio State University in the US have managed to find the answer to this question.

As it became known, male and female organisms of different processes fatty foods. In women increases the waist due to the fact that excess fat   accumulates around the internal organs. This is the most dangerous type of fat, known in medicine   visceral fat . It is produced by the enzyme, the level of which in a woman's body than in men. Visceral fat is associated with the risk of developing type 2 diabetes, heart disease and cancer.

US researchers genetically modified laboratory mice that their organisms lacking this enzyme. And then the female mice were lean, especially in the abdominal area, although it consumes a large amount of fatty foods. Males also exhibit less   excess fat But the effect was less pronounced.

Consequently, it is this enzyme that produces potent hormone, which is responsible for the formation of visceral fat as well, and should be the target of the latest techniques to combat female obesity. In this study author Juliana sure Zyuzenkova.

"If you ask most people what they believe causes obesity, then you will most likely be called the abuse of food and a sedentary lifestyle - says Dr. Zyuzenkova. - But we observed genetic factors that tell the body how it should come from fat . Fatty diet of all-only responds to our genetic structure by which we gain weight or stay slim. By itself, the diet can not do this. "

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