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| Big bum and thighs 'are healthy' | Big bum and thighs 'are healthy' |
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| Carrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs is good for your health, protecting against heart and metabolic problems, UK experts have said. | Carrying extra weight on your hips, bum and thighs is good for your health, protecting against heart and metabolic problems, UK experts have said. |
| Hip fat mops up harmful fatty acids and contains an anti-inflammatory agent that stops arteries clogging, they say. | Hip fat mops up harmful fatty acids and contains an anti-inflammatory agent that stops arteries clogging, they say. |
| Big behinds are preferable to extra fat around the waistline, which gives no such protection, the Oxford team said. | Big behinds are preferable to extra fat around the waistline, which gives no such protection, the Oxford team said. |
| Science could look to deliberately increase hip fat, they told the International Journal of Obesity. | Science could look to deliberately increase hip fat, they told the International Journal of Obesity. |
| And in the future, doctors might prescribe ways to redistribute body fat to the hips to protect against cardiovascular and metabolic diseases such as diabetes. | And in the future, doctors might prescribe ways to redistribute body fat to the hips to protect against cardiovascular and metabolic diseases such as diabetes. |
| The researchers said having too little fat around the hips can lead to serious metabolic problems, as occurs in Cushing's syndrome. | |
| Shape not weight | Shape not weight |
| Evidence shows that fat around the thighs and backside is harder to shift than fat around the waist. | Evidence shows that fat around the thighs and backside is harder to shift than fat around the waist. |
| Although this may sound undesirable, it is actually beneficial because when fat is broken down quickly it releases a lot of cytokines which trigger inflammation in the body, say experts. | Although this may sound undesirable, it is actually beneficial because when fat is broken down quickly it releases a lot of cytokines which trigger inflammation in the body, say experts. |
| These cytokines have been linked to cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and diabetes. | These cytokines have been linked to cardiovascular disease, insulin resistance and diabetes. |
| Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad Lead researcher Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos | Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad Lead researcher Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos |
| The slower burning hip fat also makes more of the hormone adiponectin that protects the arteries and promotes better blood sugar control and fat burning. | The slower burning hip fat also makes more of the hormone adiponectin that protects the arteries and promotes better blood sugar control and fat burning. |
| In comparison, carrying excess fat around the stomach, being "apple shaped", raises the risk of diabetes and heart disease. | In comparison, carrying excess fat around the stomach, being "apple shaped", raises the risk of diabetes and heart disease. |
| Lead researcher Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos, of Oxford University, said: "It is shape that matters and where the fat gathers. | Lead researcher Dr Konstantinos Manolopoulos, of Oxford University, said: "It is shape that matters and where the fat gathers. |
| "Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad." | "Fat around the hips and thighs is good for you but around the tummy is bad." |
| He said in an ideal world, the more fat around the thighs the better - as long as the tummy stays slim. | He said in an ideal world, the more fat around the thighs the better - as long as the tummy stays slim. |
| "Unfortunately, you tend not to get one without the other," he said. | "Unfortunately, you tend not to get one without the other," he said. |
| Fotini Rozakeas of the British Heart Foundation said: "This research helps us better to understand how fat acts in the body in order to develop new approaches in reducing heart and circulatory disease. | Fotini Rozakeas of the British Heart Foundation said: "This research helps us better to understand how fat acts in the body in order to develop new approaches in reducing heart and circulatory disease. |
| "If you are overweight, obese, or if you have a waist size that is increased, it is important to make changes to your lifestyle, such as eating a healthy diet and doing regular physical activity, to reduce your risk of heart health problems." | "If you are overweight, obese, or if you have a waist size that is increased, it is important to make changes to your lifestyle, such as eating a healthy diet and doing regular physical activity, to reduce your risk of heart health problems." |